Daily Motivator

[renewlyf]

I've been posting inspirational things like this in the Recovery Thread. However I believe everyone could benefit from them. Please post up any others you feel fit the topic!

Make the Best of Today!

 

[renewlyf]

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Make reality your friend

Though limiting factors can be a burden, they can also give you a solid, predictable framework in which to operate. What might at first seem to be an obstacle could end up providing valuable support.

For example, the force of gravity makes it difficult to move a large, massive rock. Yet that same force will also ensure that the rock stays in place once you get it where you want it.

Playing by the rules and adhering to a strictly defined discipline makes achievement more difficult. Yet it also plays an essential role in making achievement possible.

No situation is inherently limiting. Because you have the ability to adjust and adapt and make positive use of whatever factors may be present.

A massive brick wall can stop you cold, or it can provide you with a solid foundation upon which to build. It all depends on what you choose to do with what you encounter.

Rather than judging something to be a limiting factor, do the work to make it an enabling factor. Make reality your friend by making positive use of it.

— Ralph Marston

 

[renewlyf]

Thursday May 17th, 2012

The gift of today

You have a wonderful, beautiful, valuable gift with which you can literally transform your life. That gift is this day you’re now living.

This very day is overflowing with rich and meaningful possibilities. The value of this day is here and now, right in front of you.

Life’s great abundance is here on this day for you to put to good use. Today you can choose, you can learn, you can act, and you can make real progress.

Today has limitless potential. Yet for that potential to be transformed into value, you must make use of the opportunity of today while it is here.

Today is much too valuable to waste. Its magnificent possibilities are already here, so step quickly forward and make the most of them.

Today is a priceless gift that’s yours to live right now. Joyously fill it with your own unique flavor of life and achievement.

— Ralph Marston

 

[renewlyf]

Friday May 18th, 2012

By all means work to grow and improve. Yet remember to also appreciate and enjoy.

There was a time when your goal was to be where you now are and to have what you now have. Now that you’re here, take the time to fully enjoy how far you’ve come.

Your energy for moving forward comes from your appreciation of where you are. The experience of enjoying the dreams you’ve already reached motivates you to reach for more.

You’ll never be happy with the new things you acquire if you can’t enjoy the things you currently have. The more you enjoy each day, the more positive energy you’ll have to keep moving ever forward.

Be truly thankful for what you have and you’ll find new, creative ways to make use of it. Appreciate where you are, and you’ll find a workable path to where you want to be.

Enjoy this moment, this day, this place, and this situation. Celebrate the goodness of where you are and the positive energy will push you quickly forward.

— Ralph Marston

 

[renewlyf]

Monday, May 21, 2012

Act on your dreams

Your most treasured dreams are far too valuable to be hidden away. Instead, put them into action so that they become real and vibrant contributions to your world.

Every moment will be filled with some activity or another. So fill as many of those moments as you can today with positive action.

You’re always moving in some direction or another. So move steadily in the direction of those things you value and treasure most.

It can be all too easy to get caught up in the empty distractions that continually come your way. But do you really want to waste your time and energy on them when there is so much more you can be doing?

Pick the most positive, valuable, magnificent thing you can imagine and put it into action. Let it fill your thoughts and fill your moments.

When each action, no matter what it may be, is taken as a step toward what you treasure most, the power of joy and purpose will fill your efforts. Put your dreams into action, and put your own special value into life.

— Ralph Marston

 

[renewlyf]

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Best possibilities

Some people think they can demand your attention just by being outrageous. Give your attention instead to those who offer real substance.

If you allow yourself to be offended, you’re allowing someone else to dictate your thoughts and feelings. Instead of being offended, you can choose to be amused or inspired, or to simply let it go.

Give your time the respect it deserves. Use it for what truly matters, not just to feed someone else’s ego, or your own.

Focus on the best possibilities, not merely on the loudest spectacles. Give your attention to life’s true beauty.

You’re surrounded by a universe that is endlessly fascinating and overflowing with valuable substance. You can live each moment of every day with meaningful, authentic richness.

There’s no need to settle for a flimsy, superficial imitation of what matters. You deserve the real thing, so live it each and every day.

— Ralph Marston

 

[LS3 Power]

Make reality your friend

Though limiting factors can be a burden, they can also give you a solid, predictable framework in which to operate. What might at first seem to be an obstacle could end up providing valuable support.

For example, the force of gravity makes it difficult to move a large, massive rock. Yet that same force will also ensure that the rock stays in place once you get it where you want it.

Playing by the rules and adhering to a strictly defined discipline makes achievement more difficult. Yet it also plays an essential role in making achievement possible.

No situation is inherently limiting. Because you have the ability to adjust and adapt and make positive use of whatever factors may be present.

A massive brick wall can stop you cold, or it can provide you with a solid foundation upon which to build. It all depends on what you choose to do with what you encounter.

Rather than judging something to be a limiting factor, do the work to make it an enabling factor. Make reality your friend by making positive use of it.

— Ralph Marston

It has been a labor of love incorporating this into my lifes framework the past couple of months.

Great quote and thread renew.

Bump.

 

[renewlyf]

Thursday, May 24, 2012

The greatest success

You don’t have to be famous to be important. You don’t have to be a celebrity to be successful.

You don’t have to live in opulent luxury to be rich. You don’t have to be irresponsible to be free.

You don’t have to be outrageous to be creative. You don’t have to be abusive to be impressive.

You can be quietly humble and still be amazingly effective. You can be kind and considerate and still have great influence.

Just because people don’t fall at your feet and worship you, doesn’t mean you are a failure. Quiet success is just as sweet as loud, flamboyant success, and usually much more real.

Success is what you choose for it to be, not what everyone else says it must be. Live your life in each moment in a way that truly fulfills you and brings value to your world, for that is the greatest success.

— Ralph Marston

 

[Hardworking2012]

Hey bro,

nice thread.

Keep it up

 

[renewlyf]

Hey bro,

nice thread.

Keep it up

Will do!

Glad you like it!

 

[garcia]

Imagination is more important than knowledge."

Albert Einstein

 

[renewlyf]

Friday, May 25, 2012

Your highest level

A little extra effort can buy you a lot of additional options. Instead of always being hindered by what you must do, put yourself in full control of what you can achieve.

A little more self-discipline and initiative can give you a lot more power over your own destiny. By embracing full responsibility for your own actions, you make those actions much more beneficial and effective.

Avoiding that responsibility, and seeking to take the easy way out, will quickly add to your difficulties. Being less than you can be, and doing less than you know you can do, will cause far more pain than any external challenge ever could.

There’s a reason why you have a burning desire to matter, to make a real difference in the world. It’s an essential part of who you are, of your deepest purpose, to get good and valuable things done.

So use the opportunity of this moment, and of every moment, to live and work and love and enjoy at your highest level. Let your unique value flow forth without holding back.

Live each day with the courage of your own special, beautiful possibilities. Always give your best, for it is your most profound and fulfilling desire to do so.

— Ralph Marston

 

[summersgold]

Those quotes sound great but motivation in the gym for me would be watching those You-Tube videos of Kevin Levrone. I don't need motivation for daily living. It is the inner strength and positive self image I have that keeps me going.

 

[renewlyf]

Those quotes sound great but motivation in the gym for me would be watching those You-Tube videos of Kevin Levrone. I don't need motivation for daily living. It is the inner strength and positive self image I have that keeps me going.

That's awesome that you have that natural ability to instinctively be positive.

Me, for whatever reason, have had very negative thinking most of my life. For many years I just stewed in it along with my addiction.

Today I like to start things off with positve readings and affirmations. It helps me focus my thinking on the right track. I hope it does the same for someone else!

 

[renewlyf]

Monday, May 29, 2012

Confidently forward

The difficulties can get you down, but only if you let them. The setbacks can make you discouraged, but only if you allow them to do so.

You always have another choice. You can choose to focus on the good places you intend to go to, instead of on the painful places you’ve had to go through.

Sure, life is tough and the journey is difficult. Yet at the same time life can be exquisitely beautiful and immensely rewarding.

It doesn’t really accomplish anything to complain about, or to dwell on, life’s unfairness. What will make a positive difference is to put your energy and enthusiasm into following a meaningful purpose.

Decide that you will put the difficulties to work for you. Let them inspire you and make you more and more determined.

Each time you experience a setback, use it as an opportunity to remind you of the good and desirable places you intend to go. Then step confidently forward, leave that negative incident behind, and move ahead with more energy and passion than ever before.

— Ralph Marston

 

[renewlyf]

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Today is when

Today is when your life is happening. Now is when life’s opportunities are yours.

Within you is a dream, a longing, a purpose, a desire to experience life’s richness in your own unique way. Surrounding you is a universe filled with energy and abundance, and possibilities.

Now is when you have the opportunity to connect your most treasured dreams with that abundance, and to bring them to life. Focused, purposeful, inspired action is how you can most effectively do so.

On this day, in this moment, the possibilities are more than just intellectual curiosities. Right now, the possibilities are real.

Today you can choose, you can take action, you can make a difference and you can make real, satisfying, lasting progress. Today you have the priceless opportunity to live your life as you envision it.

The best life you can imagine is today within your grasp. So go beyond mere imagining, and live each moment in the direction of the very best you know life can be.

— Ralph Marston

 

[Randa]

Needed this today... thanks for posting.

 

[renewlyf]

Needed this today... thanks for posting.

That is why I post these. I'm glad it helped!

 

[renewlyf]

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Life as it is

Life is not lived in some far-off, imagined land of someday where everything is perfect. It is lived here and now, with the reality of the way things are.

Yes, by all means you can work toward an idealized existence. Yet to do so, you must successfully deal with the world as it is.

That, in fact, is much of what gives life its richness. Even though your present circumstances are less than ideal, you can nonetheless prevail and prosper.

The real and present difficulties never have to give you a reason to give up. On the contrary, they provide you with a clearly defined path for moving forward.

If everything was already perfect, there would be no opportunity to make improvements. There would be no way to enjoy the profound satisfaction of making a positive difference.

Enthusiastically embrace life as it is, with all the ups and downs. For within the context of life as it is you can make it truly outstanding.

— Ralph Marston

 

[renewlyf]

Friday June 1st, 2012

Encourage yourself

Many times, the situations and events in your life won’t offer you much encouragement. On top of that, even other people may not have much encouragement to give you.

But that doesn’t mean you have to go without any encouragement. After all, you are perfectly capable of encouraging yourself.

Remind yourself how truly fortunate you are to be able to experience life’s great wonders. Consider all the positive possibilities that are available to you, even on the most difficult days.

You are marvelously free to think what you wish, to feel the way you choose, and to act in the best interest of yourself and your world. On top of that, you’re surrounded by a magnificent abundance that you can transform into great meaningful value.

Perhaps at the moment life is not offering you much encouragement, but that’s not really a problem. Connect with the joys you’ve already experienced, the possibilities of the present, and your dreams for the future, and you’ll find plenty of encouragement within yourself.

Is your world in need of encouragement, and there’s none to be found? Be the encourager, and you’ll be powerfully encouraged.

— Ralph Marston