Daily Motivator - December

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December 1

Here is your time

This time tomorrow, what will you regret not doing today? This is your opportunity to get it done.

What have you been meaning to take care of, that you haven’t yet found the time to do? Now is when you can jump into action and do it.

This moment is too valuable to let it just slip away. It is filled with opportunities for you to make a difference.

Consider all the times when you’ve been working against a deadline and wished you had more time. Here is that time you wished for, now, today, ready for you to put to use.

Think of how great you’ve always felt in the past after a job well done. This is your opportunity to experience that rich feeling of satisfaction again as a result of your efforts.

There’s an endless list of very good reasons to seize this moment and the opportunities that are in it. Go ahead, and quickly make yourself thankful for your choice to do so.

— Ralph Marston

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December 2

Potential for progress

You have work to be done, and doing that work will create new value. Let go of your doubt, reluctance, hesitation, and spring immediately into action.

What matters about the work is not whether it is hard or easy. What matters about the work is getting it done.

You can choose to act, and you can stick with that choice. You can make a commitment and you can persist in honoring that commitment.

You have goals to be achieved, and now is your time to achieve them. You have opportunities in front of you, and this is when you can sieze them.

You’re often tempted to become complacent, yet complacency could cost you everything you’ve worked for. Choose instead to zero in on a meaningful intention, and to put that intention into action.

See the potential for progress, and make that progress happen. There’s work to be done, and here is your chance to do it.

— Ralph Marston

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December 3

Your unique beauty

Living your own beauty is far more fulfilling than imitating the beauty of others. Enjoying your own life is infinitely more satisfying than wishing for a different life.

No person’s situation is perfect. And yet, within any situation lives the possibility for goodness, truth, joy, and love.

By all means, seek to better yourself and your world. But don’t ever turn your back on the good aspects that already exist in your life.

Though you certainly don’t have it all, there is much you do have. Be thankful and eager to make new, interesting, fulfilling use of it.

This very day, you can be enjoying the life you love. You can choose to recognize your good fortune, your unique beauty, and to live it fully.

What you have is the chance to participate in life today, in your own beautiful way. Take hold of that great treasure, and eagerly make the most of it.

— Ralph Marston

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December 4

Focused effort

Could you devote thirty seconds to focused effort, and see how it goes? If it works well, could you give another thirty seconds, and another?

Could you take just one half minute, shut out all distractions, and give complete attention to your effort? Could you possibly continue in that state, just a minute at a time, for a lot longer?

Focused effort feels amazing, once you make the commitment to it. And, with focused effort you can achieve spectacular results.

You’re already doing great work, and yet you’re capable of so much more. Imagine what you could accomplish by choosing, a little more often, the power of focused effort.

Always there is much to be done, and you can feel like you need to put it all in front of you at once. Yet that severely dilutes your efforts, and you can end up further behind than when you started.

Shift your attention away from the commotion. Choose, right now, the power of focused effort, and get some great work done.

— Ralph Marston

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December 5

Highest potential

You are worthy of the best life has to offer, so take life up on that offer. Decide right now to think, to speak, to feel, to act in ways that fulfill your highest potential.

There’s more to this day than just getting through it. The moments, the hours, the people, the situations, can all add great richness to your life.

Sure, life can be messy, troublesome, painful, inconvenient. It’s tempting to hide away from most of the turmoil in a routine that’s comfortable and familiar.

But that’s not going to bring you much joy, or richness, or fulfillment. You’re capable of more than merely getting by, and you deserve the experience of exploring those capabilities.

Venture out beyond what you’ve already learned, experienced, and accomplished. Explore new territory and embrace exciting new possibilities.

Give yourself the opportunity to become an even better version of yourself. Live in the direction of your highest potential, and raise that potential ever higher.

— Ralph Marston

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December 6

Choose enthusiasm

Enthusiasm makes life more alive. Give yourself some right now.

Enthusiasm makes you more effective, more fun to be around, more persuasive. Enthusiasm adds powerful positive energy to everything you do.

And the great secret about enthusiasm is this. You can choose to be enthusiastic no matter what the circumstance may be.

It’s natural to assume that before you can be enthusiastic, you need something to be enthusiastic about. But the fact is, enthusiasm can create its own catalysts, its own objects of expression.

You don’t need a wonderful, positive situation to be enthusiastic about. You can choose enthusiasm, and employ that enthusiasm to create the positive situation.

Whatever the circumstance, you’ll put yourself at an advantage with enthusiasm. So choose enthusiasm, and put its positive power to work today.

— Ralph Marston

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December 7

See it as a mission

Get yourself on your own side. Align your attitude with your own best interests.

As bothersome, frustrating, and inconvenient as the effort may be, see it not as a struggle. See it as a mission, one you’re fully on board with.

Don’t waste your energy fighting against yourself and your own attitude. Focus your energy on making real progress.

Remind yourself that you’re doing what must be done. That’s a good thing.

The path is difficult, and yet you’re making headway. The cost is high, yet you’re able to pay the cost, bear the burden, and make a difference.

This is no time to drain your energy by feeling sorry for yourself. You’re on a worthy mission, and working to add real value to life.

— Ralph Marston

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December 8

Proactive kindness

It’s in your best interest to be considerate of the best interests of others. It’s in your best interest to live in a world where there’s more understanding and less divisiveness.

You can’t force others to be kinder, more tolerant, more cooperative. Yet you can set a powerful positive example with your own behavior.

Don’t wait to receive kindness before offering kindness to others. You can be more proactive than that.

You can be the first person in the situation to act with genuine kindness. You can be the first person to listen, to seek to understand, to offer your assistance.

Your kindness will not always be returned. It will, however, always make a difference and set a positive example.

The highly beneficial conditions of friendship, understanding, unity, and peace have to start somewhere. Do your best to let them start with you.

— Ralph Marston

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December 9

Get through the middle

Starting a new effort is exciting, and successfully finishing is even more exciting. The real challenge is getting through the middle.

When the thrill of starting out has faded, you can be in danger of losing interest. When the goal is still a long way off, it’s all too easy to give up.

If you wish to achieve, you must prepare yourself for the long, dreary, demanding middle. That’s where the achievement gains its value and substance.

Keep that in mind as you work tirelessly through the middle. As tedious as it may seem, the work you’re doing is adding up, step by step by step.

Get through the middle, and you’ll see the achievement taking shape. Get through the middle, and your goal will grow ever closer and brighter on the horizon.

Before you begin, make the commitment to get through the middle. That commitment will take you all the way to the achievement you desire.

— Ralph Marston

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December 10

Get your energy flowing

Don’t just sit there and think about it. Get up, get going, and put your thoughts into action.

Inject new energy into this moment. Move around, and focus that motion on a useful purpose.

Engage the potential energy that lives inside you. The more energy you use, the more you’ll have.

Thoughts, feelings, wishes, desires, regrets, ideas, all are bouncing around inside you. Turn your intention in a specific direction, harness all that energy, and do something with it.

Burn some of those calories you’ve been storing away. Express some of those dreams you’ve been nurturing inside.

You’re filled with potential energy, just waiting to be put to use. Discover for yourself, right now, how great it feels to get that energy flowing.

— Ralph Marston

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December 11

Interrupted

Eventually you’re going to be interrupted. Until then, stay focused.

Don’t let yourself be interrupted by your own fear of being interrupted. Accept that the interruptions will come, and press forward undeterred by that eventuality.

Focus now, but not out of desperation. Focus now, and let that focus be powered by your love of making a difference.

Whatever it is you seek to do, life will at some point get in the way. But don’t let possibility that inhibit you, because you’re good at successfully dealing with the obstacles.

Even when you expect the best, unexpected events can knock you off track. Expect the best anyway, work toward it, and build a level of momentum that enables you to recover quickly.

You will be interrupted, and that’s okay. Because before the interruption comes, and after it quickly goes, you have good work to do.

— Ralph Marston

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December 12

Fully prepared

The race is won long before the race is run. The race is won in the preparation.

An accomplished actor earns the role long before the audition. Preparation is what makes the crucial difference.

Those who pass the test with flying colors are those who learn and study and rehearse in the time leading up to the test. Impressive excellence and committed preparation go hand in hand.

When life asks for your highest effort, you must give that effort in the moment. To do that, be fully prepared.

You cannot allow preparation to become a substitute for actual doing. But neither can you allow yourself to avoid preparation.

Be fully prepared ahead of time. And be fully able when the moment calls you to make a difference.

— Ralph Marston

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December 13

Add to it

Be thankful for your most recent achievement. But don’t let yourself become too impressed with it.

Celebrate the victories, enjoy the good times, but don’t let the celebrations dominate your life. You have much more good work to be done.

Find great joy in each moment without allowing that joy to become a permanent refuge. Instead, let it be an inspiration, a challenge, to create new goodness.

The more progress you make, the bigger is your temptation to grow complacent. Don’t give in to that temptation.

Remind yourself that the advances you’ve made have created opportunities to do even more. The good work you’ve done is calling upon you to add to it.

You’re at your best when you’re making a difference. With gratitude, with joy, with positive purpose, keep up the good work.

— Ralph Marston

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December 14

Next time

This time, you made a mistake. Next time, you’ll know better.

This time, you let anger get the best of you. Next time, you’ll be able to respond differently.

You’ve said things you wish you had not said, and done things you soon came to regret. Fortunately, there’s next time.

Next time, you can do better. And the time after that, even better again.

Next time, you can apply all you’ve learned and experienced. Next time, you can respond with positive purpose, with kindness and understanding, with love.

As difficult as you’ve made things, you can still make your way forward. Next time begins now, and now you begin to make things better.

— Ralph Marston

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December 15

Wonder of existence

Life is amazing, even in its most ordinary, familiar aspects. Give your cynicism permission to melt away, and be amazed.

See life today as you saw it for the first time. Open your eyes wide with wonder and curiosity, and be amazed.

Feel the texture, observe the detail, breathe in the aroma of this unique point in space and time. Listen as the rhythm changes, watch as hues are transformed, taste the fresh flavor as each new moment arrives.

You are distinct, beautiful, and at the same time part of an even greater whole. Be amazed at all you know, and at the limitless nature of what you’ve yet to experience.

Glimpse the simple, elegant truth that resonates throughout every complexity. Be amazed at your own awareness of being amazed.

Witness with all your senses, with all your heart, the wonder of existence. Show yourself how good it feels, and how empowering it is, to be amazed.

— Ralph Marston