Daily Motivator - April

[bluidkiti]

April 1

Being useful

Being useful is particularly useful to you. Making a difference for others can give an immense boost to your confidence and positivity.

Feeling useful will make everything feel better. When you focus your awareness on what you can contribute, it blocks out self-defeating thoughts of frustration, anxiety and resentment.

Being genuinely useful brings out the best in you. Making a positive contribution gives you a more positive perspective.

Some of your most powerful desires stem from an underlying desire to know that your life matters. Being useful is a great way to satisfy that fundamental desire.

What can you do right now to provide real benefit to the people around you? It’s a great way to give a boost not only to their lives, but to yours.

Make yourself useful. It’s sure to make your life a more fulfilling experience.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

God bless you Tammy, happy April the 1st,
thanking God for getting through the
month March, one day at a time.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Here a great song to start Our month off.

https://youtu.be/T1pNXQBBWrs?si=HVSXWlsLR3tLlMtv

[bluidkiti]

God bless you also willbe. Glad to see you.

[bluidkiti]

April 2

Diligent efforts

This world and the people in it are not perfect, and never will be. Your challenge is to live a good and fulfilling life in situations that are less than ideal.

That demands thoughtfulness, creativity, awareness and effort on your part. It is not easy, yet the good results you can obtain are worth the commitment you must make.

Systems break down, people disappoint you, catastrophes can arise out of nowhere to ruin your plans. Even so, go ahead and make those good plans, and follow through on them to the fullest extent that you can.

If you wait for things to be perfect, all you’ll ever do is wait. Though it’s fine to maintain high standards, don’t let them chase away the good, realistic possibilities.

Amidst all the imperfection, frustration and turmoil, many great things can be done. In a world that seems to actively oppose fulfillment, plenty of fulfillment can and does occur.

Step up to the challenges, because you’ll create great value by working through them. Opportunity may not be pretty and perfect but it is real, with real rewards for your diligent efforts.

— Ralph Marston

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April 3

Genuine participation

Tucked away in every pocket is a high quality camera that can spew images across the globe in milliseconds. So everyone has become skilled at posing.

But if you look back at all those poses, you cannot help but see a little emptiness and a lot of pretense. It’s as if the point of living, of doing, is merely to make a statement.

The next time you’re tempted to set up a pose, whether there’s a camera present or not, reconsider. What, after all, will it really accomplish?

There’s a much better alternative to striking one pose after another. It is genuine participation.

Put away the camera, put away even the thought of a camera. Focus yourself on the moment, on the experience, on the very real people who are sharing it with you.

Carry away more than just pixels from where you go and what you do and who you’re with. Your future self will thank you for living with a depth of richness, embodiment, and participation far beyond anything that can be funneled through a lens.

— Ralph Marston

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April 4

Look objectively

What if you decided to welcome the problems instead of dread them? Would that make any difference in the way you felt, in your level of anxiety from day to day, moment to moment?

What if you were to remind yourself that you’ve made it through every challenge you’ve ever encountered? Would you perhaps develop a little more confidence and raise your expectations?

What if you came to the realization that dwelling on resentment provides absolutely no value to your life? Is it likely that you’d find more positive and productive ways to focus the magnificent power of your attention?

Step back from what you’re thinking and doing, and see all that you’ve been getting right. While you’re there, notice also the thoughts and actions that do not help you at all.

Be kind to yourself by being honest with yourself. Be respectful of your abilities by pointing them where they will do some real good.

It’s certainly easy to get drawn into negative patterns, yet with some self realization, it’s not particularly difficult to get out. Look objectively at how you’ve been living, and get excited about all the improvements you can make.

— Ralph Marston

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April 5

Seek to understand

Many issues, questions, and perspectives are not simply one way or the other. In a complex world, in a complicated life, there exists much middle ground.

It’s quick and easy to pass judgment based on a few simple facts. Yet when you look deeper, you often discover the judgment was premature.

Understanding requires time, effort, and connection. You cannot get it from a single data point.

Take the time, go to the trouble to develop understanding of other people, and seek to continually deepen that understanding. Because understanding reduces friction, increases cooperation, and produces enduring value.

Seek to understand and you’ll discover pathways to mutual fulfillment. When thoughtful understanding replaces snap judgment, all sorts of fruitful possibilities spring to life.

Rather than relying on simplistic shortcuts, do the work to understand and to be more fully understood. Your world, your life, and the lives around you will benefit greatly.

— Ralph Marston

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April 6

Strengthen your patience

Listen with patience, and you’ll understand much more. Work with patience, and you’re able to create lasting value.

Offer your life and your world the power that comes as a result of patience. Express genuine love and care, through your patience.

With patience, you are able to avoid careless mistakes. In a state of patience, you can feel anxiety melting away.

Patience gives you genuine and meaningful refuge from the frustrations you encounter in the world. Patience builds in you a character that’s strong, resilient, and enduring.

With persistence, you’re able to achieve almost any meaningful objective. And patience is a crucial element of persistence.

Today you’ll encounter many opportunities to give benefit to your life and your world with patience. Every time you exercise and strengthen your patience, you greatly expand the positive possibilities available to you.

— Ralph Marston

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April 7

Marvels of this day

Your very breath, each and every one, is a miracle. Take some time to focus on your breathing, and only on your breathing, and the life energy it continually brings.

The light you are able to see is amazing, in all its hues, intensities, directions, and motions. Pay attention to the light, the shadows, how they change, the feelings and thoughts they bring.

Consider all the physical reality you can touch, and walk upon, and hold in your hands. Imagine the possibilities in all that substance, and challenge yourself to fulfill some of the best ones.

Listen as the wind sings of a journey it’s been making for hundreds or thousands of miles. Feel in its restless dance the connection you have to all that is.

With simple acts of awareness, awaken to the beauty and power of existence. Remind yourself again and again of the potential for meaning and fulfillment.

Fill your thoughts with gratitude, fill your heart with peace, and fill your awareness with the best possibilities. With positive and purposeful energy, live the marvels of this day.

— Ralph Marston