Daily Motivator

[Butterfly Woman]

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Fulfillment never ceases
Fulfillment is not a matter of doing more. It is a matter of focusing who you are, what you have and the actions you are already taking.
Fulfillment flows from focusing your life around specific and authentically held intentions. When the intention is clear, consistent and meaningful, you already have sufficient means to bring it about.

Though you will surely cross through formidable challenges, fulfillment is not a struggle. Rather, it is a unique and magnificent expression which receives its nourishment from those very challenges.

Fulfillment brings the ineffable treasures inside of you to the surface and beyond, where they manifest as great value. Fulfillment is a medium through which you intimately interact with all of life, strengthening the presence of joy in the process.

The fulfillment of your most profound desires is always present in your life. By your continual thankfulness for what is, you allow and enable the fulfillment of what can be.

See the beauty, feel the joy, and keep your thoughts filled with the most positive and meaningful possibilities. For fulfillment never ceases.

Ralph Marston
The Daily Motivator Copyright © 2008

[Butterfly Woman]

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Desires that tug at your soul
Do not be ashamed of the things you desire. Be diligent in exploring the depths of those desires.
Do not settle for mere superficial desires. Find the pure, undeniable truth of the underlying purpose that gives rise to those desires.

The best way to be is to be who you are. True success is living with authenticity, being joyfully honest about your own life.

Let your life unfold more fully with each moment. The passing of time is always your friend because it brings you ever closer to who you truly are.

There is magic in the most ordinary of moments. For you are life witnessing itself from a fresh perspective, filled with more possibilities than ever before.

Pay heed to the desires that tug at your soul. And discover new miracles to which you can give birth.

Ralph Marston
The Daily Motivator Copyright © 2008

[Butterfly Woman]

Friday, May 2, 2008
What do you expect?
You don't have to look very far to find a reason to feel sorry for yourself. But why would you want to waste even a few moments of your precious life on self pity?
It's easy to come up with perfectly reasonable excuses for lowering your expectations and hiding away from life. But then all you're left with are worthless excuses.

There are certain circumstances under which some people see themselves as victims. Yet under those exact same circumstances other people find and make the most of truly grand opportunities.

When you expect life to be cruel and harsh, it will live up to your expectations. When, on the other hand, you consider yourself to be extremely fortunate, you will become even more so.

There is great value in every moment. Positive possibilities are generated by every turn and twist of fate.

No matter what may happen or fail to happen, life is what you choose to make it. Choose again and again, in every situation, to make it great.

Ralph Marston
The Daily Motivator Copyright © 2008

We have permissions to post these readings however we have to leave a copyright attached to each message posted. Here is what Ralph wrote to me in a email

Hi, Victor

Thank you for your request and follow up.

If you wish to post the messages on a daily basis, then with EACH MESSAGE
you post you must include both the author's name ( Ralph Marston ) AND the
following notice with the words "The Daily Motivator" having an ACTIVE LINK
to The Daily Motivator site at http://greatday.com :

So you can use this at the end of each post from now on....

Ralph Marston
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all ya have to do is copy and paste the above to have it work. Thanks for understanding.

[Butterfly Woman]

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Choose peace

The peace you experience comes from who and what you are, and how you choose to be. The world around you can be full of turmoil and strife, and yet you can be completely at peace in your own heart.
Peace is one of the surest signs of strength. Inner peace brings true outer strength.

Those who lack confidence feel the need to lash out. Those who are strong have what it takes to stay calm and peaceful.

When your identity and fulfillment are tied to fleeting, superficial things, it is impossible to remain at peace. When you invest your being in true and lasting values, and when you remain ever vigilant to those values, you develop the confidence and strength to be peaceful.

Peace cannot be forced on anyone, and true peace cannot be forcibly taken from anyone. Peace comes to those who are strong enough and wise enough to choose it, and with that peace comes an abundance of living that is otherwise impossible to know.

Choose peace. And with the strength of your choice, help it to grow.

-- Ralph Marston


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[Butterfly Woman]

The power of responsibility
Responsibility is not a burden. It is the key that enables you to exercise control over your own destiny.
Only by taking responsibility are you able to move life in the direction of your own dreams and visions. Responsibility fully engages the best of who you are.

Responsibility can be difficult, time-consuming, unfair, inconvenient and uncomfortable. Yet it also brings you to a level of empowerment that cannot be reached in any other way.

At the heart of true achievement is responsibility. An essential element of meaningful fulfillment is responsibility.

Every great opportunity is an opportunity to take responsibility. Whatever the situation, the most successful way forward is to act with responsibility.

No matter what has happened, or who is to blame, or how it all came to be, choose to take full responsibility for your life. For that is the first step in making it great.

-- Ralph Marston

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[Butterfly Woman]

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
What's now
Before you rush away from this moment, take a look around and see its beauty. Instead of worrying about what's next, see the immense value that's already yours in what's now.
Savor the time you're in and the place where you are. Appreciate all that you have instead of being obsessed with how to get more.

You are already wealthy beyond all measure. Open your eyes to now, open your heart to purpose, and experience in rich detail the miracle that is your life.

There's nothing to be gained by racing furiously away from this moment in search of more. Instead, put your energy into accepting all that is and you'll find it is more than enough.

Put your focus, care, love, attention, interest, curiosity, purpose and passion into where you are right now. This is your time and place to live, to achieve, to feel, to learn and to experience.

Everything you are, you are right now. Be here and live the richness.

-- Ralph Marston

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[Butterfly Woman]

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
True wealth
Wealth is not a specific number or amount. It is an attitude.
There is more than enough abundance in the world. It is yours to the extent that you imagine it to be and then proceed to live and to genuinely act according to your expectations.

The less you need, the more you have. When you need nothing, you have it all.

What you grab from others will be of no use to you. It is the value you're able to provide to others that creates enduring wealth.

You can be wealthy this very moment. For when you sincerely see yourself as wealthy, you truly are.

Look within yourself and discover the true wealth that is unique to you. And find real joy in building upon that wealth, day after day.

-- Ralph Marston

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[Butterfly Woman]

Meaningful effort
Seek not to avoid all effort, for that would curse you with unbearable emptiness. Seek instead to fill your life with meaningful efforts that resonate with your deepest purpose.
Your ability to make a difference is one of your greatest blessings. The more often you put that ability into practice, the more fulfilling your life will be.

You have your own special gifts to give to all of life. The intense longing within you is a longing to make a positive difference in your own unique way.

The universe in which you live is so wonderfully diverse and abundant that there are countless ways for you to create new value. You know each time you find one of those ways because it feels so right.

Don't settle for the meaningless trinkets that will soon rust and fade away. Build your life upon those efforts and resulting accomplishments that express the true beauty of who you are.

The time you invest in meaningful effort will produce rewards that continue to grow more valuable. And you'll fill your life with a richness that can never be taken away.

-- Ralph Marston

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[Butterfly Woman]

Freedom from anger
Acknowledge your anger, feel it fully, allow it to be, and then quickly move beyond it. Instead of fighting against your anger or letting it control you, choose to experience it and then let it go.
When you hold on to anger, it drags you down. By allowing and then quickly dropping the anger, you put yourself in a powerful position to deal with whatever brought about that anger.

Anger can get your attention and get you going. Yet if you hold it for long it will surely hold you back.

Sometimes your anger may be valid and other times it may not. Whether it is valid or not, anger almost always makes you much less effective and hinders your ability to move forward.

Anger often perpetuates and strengthens those very things at which it is directed. So the best strategy is to first let it be and then let it go.

Decide to be strong and effective, to put your energy into moving forward. Drop the anger and raise yourself to a higher level of positive control and effectiveness.

-- Ralph Marston

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Saturday, May 10, 2008
The life that is you


You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be miserable. Which would you rather be?

You can choose to make productive and purposeful use of the moments in this day. Or you can choose to let the time slip away and be left with nothing but regret.


Life is what you decide you are going to make of it. What have you decided to make of the possibility-filled moment that is right now?


You can complain that it's all so very unfair, but all that will accomplish is to bring you down even more. Or, you can fully accept life as it is and then experience the genuine satisfaction of making your way forward in spite of the obstacles.


You can choose to hide behind excuses or you can open yourself up to the richness of life. You can decide to make the most of whatever comes your way, and know how great it feels to be fully alive and engaged in your world.


No matter what has come before, life in this moment is what you decide to make it. Consider all the possibilities, and then choose the life that is you.
-- Ralph Marston


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[Butterfly Woman]

Monday, May 12, 2008
Your great wealth
The things you want are not really what you want. What you want is to be the person who creates, expresses or experiences those things.
And that is something that's available to you at any time and under any circumstance. Nothing can hold you back when you're committed to moving your life forward.

Your most treasured dream is just one moment away. For in one moment, you can be well on your way to making it real.

Life's overflowing abundance surrounds you on this very day. By connecting with just a small fraction of what's available to you, a lifetime of true richness is yours.

Say yes to the wonder and value that is your unique life. Say yes to the possibilities that ignite a passion in your very soul.

You are already wealthy beyond all measure when it comes to what's truly important. Put that great wealth to great use, on this day and every day of your life.

-- Ralph Marston

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[rusty zipper]

Your most treasured dream is just one moment away. For in one moment, you can be well on your way to making it real.

got'a love those moments!

[Butterfly Woman]

A reflection of what you think
The world you see is a reflection of what you think of it. The values by which you live are continually coming back to you.
Your life embodies those ideas to which you give your complete and persistent attention. A life sincerely focused upon peace and happiness is a life filled with peace and happiness.

Whatever you support with your actions and thoughts, you experience in the moments and days of your life. Whether desire or fear, curiosity or obsession, your thoughts pull you steadfastly toward your reality.

You are, right now, busy becoming the person you think you will become. Today, already and always, you are living the life you most authentically expect to live.

The simple act of intentionally deciding upon a destination will point you solidly in that direction. A small adjustment in your attitude can make a major difference in your world.

Anything is possible. What actually happens in your life is an accurate reflection of how you see yourself living it.

-- Ralph Marston

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[Butterfly Woman]

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Genuinely enjoy
There is more to enjoying life than just collecting objects or experiences that will impress others. The most sublime enjoyment is enjoyment for its own sake.
Are you constantly concerned with what advantage you'll gain from life's experiences? Then you'll end up with a lot of advantages but not any real enjoyment.

Pleasure can be nice; yet pleasure does not equal enjoyment, and the pursuit of mere pleasure can end up enslaving you because pleasure chains you to some specific object or condition. If pleasure is your primary objective, as time goes by you'll need more and more of it but enjoy it less and less.

There is just as much enjoyment to be found in the small, simple, subtle things as in the big, noisy impressive things. Let go of the need to impress or to pile pleasure on top of pleasure, and allow yourself to genuinely enjoy.

You can find enjoyment in just about anything, with no conditions, prerequisites or limitations. Even in the midst of extreme difficulty, the possibility for real enjoyment is always present.

Choose to genuinely enjoy this day, with all its ups and downs and challenges and surprises. You'll find that enjoyment strengthens all that you do.

-- Ralph Marston

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[Mother Goose]

Great post..Sometimes as I go through each day of my life i forget to slow down and look at the small stuff that brings the enjoyment and purpose to my life..Like yesterday having lunch with my dtr and 2 year old granddaughter.. And when i was leaving i said can i have a kiss? she reaches up and gives me a big kiss and a shy smile..When i was drinking these never happened.. and that little moment stayed with me through out the day

[Butterfly Woman]

Hi Mother Goose Very pleased to meet you

It really is the little things that can bring us great joy ..

I was taught early on in recovery to record those small wonderful moments that really are not so smal ..on my gratitude list.The when the going got tough I had those to look back at and that helped me to keep on trudging

Thank You for your response..Pls keep posting

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Allow abundance


Life's richness fills your world to the degree that you allow it. Choose to allow it fully.Your doubts and anxieties only serve to separate you from the abundance that could be yours. Can you find a way to drop those doubts and let go of the anxieties?


Your efforts will yield success when you're able to allow that success to be. Live every moment as if the success already exists, and it will surely come to life.


Achievement is more than just going through the motions. Achievement comes from the person you most consistently allow yourself to be.
How does it feel to be living your dream? Feel that way all the time, and the dream comes bursting forth into the reality of life.


Allow yourself to be a unique expression of life's limitless abundance. And fill your world with real joy and meaning.
-- Ralph Marston


©2008 Ralph S. Marston Jr. Visit The Daily Motivator® website for an archive of more than 3,000 previous daily messages, inspiring video presentations, books, DVDs, CDs and more.

[Butterfly Woman]

Thank You for posting for me..

Love n Hugs
BW

[Butterfly Woman]

Monday, May 19, 2008
The right thing right now
Let go of your concerns about what you could have done or should have done. Look instead at your many opportunities for doing the right thing right now.
If your regrets about the past are painful, then allow those regrets to teach and to motivate you. In this moment you can take the valuable lessons you've learned and move forward with them.

You've learned that every action, as well as every failure to act, has consequences. Now is your chance to make those consequences work in your favor.

Though the past may indeed hold some regrets, you have something much more powerful. You have today.

And you have a future that will be shaped by what you do today. You can choose, right now, from a large set of valuable and desirable possibilities.

Based on your past experience, you are well qualified to be your own best advisor. Learn from what you've come through, and you'll find a way to go wherever you choose to go.

-- Ralph Marston