Daily Motivator - September

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September 1

Figure it out and get it done

There is a way to solve the problem, to get past the challenge, to reach the goal. Figure it out and get it done.

You are creative, resourceful, imaginative, and energetic. Put all your best qualities to work, and persist until the work is done.

On a daily basis for all your life you’ve accomplished what you’ve set your intention to accomplish. Decide what to do, commit to getting it done, and you will.

Don’t sell yourself short. Rather than settling back with excuses, move forward with action.

Take the first step, see what happens, and learn from it. With each effort you’ll become more effective, more focused, more invested, committed, and persistent.

Discover how much you can do by doing as much as you can. Be amazed and delighted at what you can figure out, and at all the good things you will accomplish.

— Ralph Marston

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September 2

Fresh new possibilities

A new world comes to light each morning. A new life is born in every moment.

With the dawning of a new day, disappointments are transformed into positive determination, then eventually into new beauty. What were once mistakes take on new life as valuable experiences.

Life is a process of continuing renewal. As you move forward through time, you encounter new possibilities for more fully expressing the unique beauty that lives in your heart.

What has come before may have been very good, or not so good. What comes now can always be much better and even more meaningful.

Lovingly embrace the fresh new possibilities that are now coming to life. Treasure the best of what has been, and carry that treasure forward as you create new richness.

Open yourself to the new opportunity that comes with each breath you take. Be more fully alive than ever before.

— Ralph Marston

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September 3

Let life be life

Let go of the need to be certain. Let in the spontaneous magic of each moment.

Play with your food. Color outside the lines.

Quit pretending to be all the things that make you pretentious. Delight in the discovery that comes when you admit you do not know.

Embrace new possibilities that appear when plans go awry. Burst out laughing when everyone gets too serious.

This is life you have, right now, right here. And if all the fabulous opportunities don’t make you giddy with excitement, you’re just not paying attention.

Take it all in, move it all forward, and enjoy the experience in your own special way. Breathe, smile, relax, jump in, and let life be magnificent, unpredictable life.

— Ralph Marston

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September 4

Give encouragement

One of the best things you can give to anyone is encouragement. It costs you nothing, it’s no trouble, and you can make a big difference in another person’s life.

Don’t be concerned about whether your encouragement is deserved or not. Encouragement, once given, seeks and creates its own justification.

Encouragement offers challenge in a positive, supportive way. Every person you encounter carries hopes, burdens, struggles, dreams, and will benefit from your encouragement.

Give genuine encouragement to others and it encourages you too. Encouragement connects you with your vision of the best life can be.

Encouragement feels good to receive and great to give. It is a powerful and beneficial acknowledgment that we are all in this together.

Instantly make your world a better place. Give encouragement at every opportunity.

— Ralph Marston

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September 5

Do it well

You’re putting in the time and doing the work. Challenge yourself to make it your best.

Don’t search for distractions. Stop daydreaming, stop wishing you were somewhere else.

You are here now, doing this task. Focus on it, put all you have into it, and you’ll create something much better than a fleeting daydream.

What you have now is the opportunity to do something useful, to make a difference. See the value in it, and stay with the effort.

Richness and fulfillment come not from being given the ideal job, but from always giving your best to the job you’re doing. See opportunity not in the task itself, but in what you can make of the task.

Eventually you’ll move on to something else. Yet while you’re doing this, do it well, for there’s much right now to be gained from your diligence.

— Ralph Marston

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September 6

Think you know

You think you know the best way. Yet there could very well be an even better way.

You think you know what someone else thinks, believes, feels. But of course you don’t really.

Don’t let what you think you know get in the way of what you can learn and discover. Don’t let what you think you know blind you to the reality of the world.

Cherish everything you know, for you have spent a lifetime acquiring that knowledge. At the same time, consider your knowledge to be a starting point, not the last word.

Respect that knowledge enough that you’re always willing to add to it. Be eager to correct what you think you know when you find it to be in error.

Keep your knowledge fresh and useful by not becoming smug or complacent about it. A little humility and open-mindedness will make what you know a whole lot more valuable.

— Ralph Marston

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September 7

Now is when you can

Make good use of what you have while you have it. That means now.

Life changes from moment to moment. The opportunities of today won’t stick around forever, so stop waiting and start doing.

When you have a good idea, act on it. When you have some free time available, make wise use of it.

Fill your life with decisive action, and leave no room for regret. Seek out creative, productive, meaningful activities and experiences.

Be so thankful for all you have that you’re eager to put it to good use. Be so mindful of your good fortune that you continually work to expand upon it.

Live what is possible while it is possible. Now is when you can.

— Ralph Marston

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September 8

Mental discipline

Physical discipline can be difficult. Mental discipline is even more difficult.

Your thoughts are powerful, which is great. And keeping your thoughts focused on what you’re doing demands constant commitment.

Your thoughts will wander if you let them, and there are often times when it’s good to let them. Yet you draw great benefit from being able to keep your thoughts focused in one place for a while.

You are already in control of your thoughts. You just have to set the intention to exercise that control, and continually follow through on that intention.

If you catch your mind wandering off topic, gently nudge it back where you have chosen to keep it. Remind yourself how much you can accomplish when you choose to maintain your mental focus.

Your mind is powerful, yet it can only do so much at once. Make a habit of focusing on a single task for extended periods, and gain maximum benefit from all that power.

— Ralph Marston

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September 9

Yes you can

Yes you can live this day in accordance with your most treasured values. Yes you can create an intention and then do the work to fulfill that intention.

Yes you can overcome the obstacles. Yes you can successfully deal with the challenges.

Yes you can make real progress in the direction of your dreams. Yes you can focus on getting good, effective work done.

Yes you can find satisfaction and fulfillment in every step along the way. Yes you can add something positive to the life of every person you encounter.

Yes you can persevere through the disappointments and emerge even stronger than before. Yes you can meet your highest expectations and then raise those expectations.

Yes you can get past your fears, build a positive future, live with integrity and prosper in a world that often does not seem to care. Yes you can, if you will.

— Ralph Marston

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Yes you can

Yes you can live this day in accordance with your most treasured values. Yes you can create an intention and then do the work to fulfill that intention.

Yes you can overcome the obstacles.

Yes we can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us.

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September 10

Make joy your perspective

Joy is not the result of any particular possession, experience, or situation. Joy arises out of the way you choose to see the situation and to live the experience.

Joy is available all the time, in every moment. What you must do is see it, live it, give it, be it.

Don’t strive to arrange the details in a specific fashion in the hope that they will cause joy. Be yourself the cause of joy, and allow the details of experience to flow from that joy.

There is joy in the moment when you give joy to the moment. The time, the place, the experience and those who share it are special when you see, with joy, how special they are.

Let go of judgments and assumptions. See if you can allow joy to be your perspective.

Here is where you can make new joy. Now is when.

— Ralph Marston

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September 11

Clearly define

Clearly define what you wish to do. Then you can direct all your energy and commitment into doing it.

Clearly define where you have chosen to focus your attention. Then you have a specific direction to aim the power of your focus.

Stimulation and information constantly swirl around you. So many options are available that the sheer magnitude of those options can be debilitating.

But just because there are options, does not mean you must exercise them all. Just because there is information available, does not mean you have to know it all.

Know and do the things that really matter, that support the life you wish to live. Free yourself from the needless burden of all the rest.

Don’t let yourself get pulled in a thousand different directions. Clearly define your intentions, and follow the path you’ve created to the life you choose.

— Ralph Marston

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September 12

Climb the mountain

The mountain has been there longer than you remember. Go ahead now, and climb it.

Each step brings you up to a higher perspective. Take the first one, and the next, and the next.

Feel confidence and enthusiasm as they build up within you. Feel energy that’s eager to be put to good use.

Look ahead, look up to the summit as it beckons. See the challenge that you will now transform into achievement.

Give thanks for the difficulties that will each make you stronger. Point that strength again and again in a positive direction.

Persist all the way until you reach the top. Then gaze out with satisfaction and choose the next mountain to climb.

— Ralph Marston

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September 13

Let it all inspire you

Something you never expected and could not avoid just laid waste to you well-crafted plans. Breathe in, breathe out, and let it inspire you.

You’re working hard to catch up, and getting further behind. Smile to yourself, and let it inspire you.

Just when you’re starting to make progress, you get interrupted. Quickly forgive, and let it inspire you.

Whatever happens is part of life, and you can find a way to make it into something of value. Let it inspire you to do just that.

You don’t need a million-dollar view of the ocean to be inspired. You just have to make the choice.

Every person you meet, every pothole you encounter, every twist and turn of daily life, has goodness to offer. Look confidently out, your heart filled with love, and let it all inspire you.

— Ralph Marston

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September 14

The time you can use

Your time is now. But if you hurry through this moment, you’ll never know its beauty.

Today is full of promise, laced with possibility. Slow down a little, see it, and live with richness the time that’s already yours.

Why rush to get there if all you do when you arrive is rush some more? Put your attention and energy into living, not into hurrying.

The future is already and always beyond your reach. Everything you have is now, so take care not to rush ahead of it.

The time is not fifteen minutes until this or four days from that. The time you can use is always now.

Live it, love it, give to it, enjoy it. Take the time that you have now, thoroughly filling it with richness and meaning.

— Ralph Marston