Daily Motivator - March

[bluidkiti]

March 1

Meaningful structure

You have much to be thankful for. You have much to do.

There are people, places, values, experiences, and other aspects of life you care about deeply. Life is best when you focus on those.

That’s something you can do now. It’s something you can do tomorrow, the next day, every day, in some way, to some degree.

Take a moment to gather your thoughts about what matters most. Then re-commit yourself to it all.

Enable yourself to go forward with a perspective of gratitude and purpose. With it, maintain a meaningful structure upon which you can build and preserve value.

Transform the months and years into achievements, the hours and moments into treasured memories. Know the goodness of what you have, of all you care about, and continue to fill each day with new meaning.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 2

Good work to do

You’ll find great satisfaction in assessing what exists, what’s available, and improving upon it. You’re able to render a wide variety of objects and situations more beautiful, more useful, more accessible, understandable, and enjoyable.

Not everything is in need of such transformation. Yet there’s always something in your world that is.

You have the opportunity to appreciate and to be thankful for all the goodness that surrounds you. And on top of that, each day you have the opportunity to refine and expand on that goodness.

What’s broken can be made to work again. What exists only as a good idea can be brought into beneficial reality.

What’s already valuable, you can make even more valuable. What’s been lost, tarnished, or underappreciated, you can bring back to prominence, beauty, and usefulness.

The opportunities are many, and they’re all around. Seek to humbly make something better with your attention and effort, and you’ll have no shortage of good work to do.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Happy New Month.
My dear friend Tammy
Thanking God for getting us
Through the month of February
one day at a time. Have a healthy
blessed prosperous March.
In Jesus Name. Amen.

[bluidkiti]

You also my friend.

[bluidkiti]

March 3

Worth it

The good you do is worth the trouble. The value created by your efforts is worth the inconvenience.

The experience you’ve gained outweighs the setbacks you’ve gone through. The strength you’ve built has amply rewarded the sacrifices along the way.

Today brings an opportunity to continue investing in life’s goodness and fulfillment. The effort won’t be easy, and will be worth it.

Your life, your world, your purpose, existence itself, all have value and significance. Enjoy the satisfaction of working to preserve that value, to expand that significance.

Each difficulty you encounter enables you to exercise strength, creativity, resourcefulness and more. Rise to the situation, to the moment, to the opportunity.

Every day, every action, every challenge, disappointment, delay, is worth it. Because you have the power and the sense of purpose to make it so.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 4

Direction of focus

Where is your focus directed? What kind of energy is that focus producing?

Your mind has significant influence over every part of your life. Be sure that influence is as beneficial as you can make it.

If you’re intensely and exclusively focused on what’s wrong, you’re very likely to get more of it. Fortunately, you can change the direction of your focus in an instant.

When you find yourself low on positive energy, consider what thoughts have been filling your awareness. Firmly push your focus in a more purposeful and positive direction, and your energy level will follow along.

Effectiveness in everything you do begins with keeping your mind aligned with your best possibilities. From that intentional, positive focus will flow positive choices, productive actions, and desirable results.

No matter what the situation, it’s always your decision what to focus upon. Use that power constantly and consistently to bring value into your life and your world.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 5

Path for improvement

Congratulations, you figured out what the problem is. Now it’s time to get to work.

Pointing out what’s wrong is necessary. But it’s not at all sufficient.

Getting rid of a negative situation will leave an empty space. You must fill that space with a positive alternative, or the problem is sure to return.

Most likely, what’s now a problem started out with the best of intentions. Let that be a reminder that good intentions are not enough.

Beyond merely pointing out what’s broken, step up to the challenge of creating a detailed path for improvement. Then follow that path with action, with awareness, with diligence.

It’s relatively easy to tear down what doesn’t work. Any time you do, be ready to invest plenty of time crafting a brilliant and compelling replacement.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 6

Energy of your destiny

Go beyond imagining and talking about the principles you admire. Work them into the moments of your life.

Your dreams and fondest desires are too valuable to languish in some distant future. Bring them into the activities you engage in today.

Give life to your values, priorities and preferences. Give action to your ambitions and objectives.

You are so much more than a bundle of interesting concepts. You are a dynamic, living, breathing force who can bring unique goodness into existence.

Every unfolding situation opens up new opportunities for you to realize more of your potential. Rise to the occasion, claim the energy of your destiny, and put it to positive use.

Pay attention to the details, but don’t let them needlessly distract. You have a great and meaningful life to live right now.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 7

Give in to purpose

If your problems are stronger than your purpose those problems will quickly overwhelm you. When you make your purpose stronger than your problems you’ll be fine.

You can’t always avoid difficulties. What you can always do, however, is deepen your purpose.

What is your why? And what is the why behind that why?

All sorts of forces will push against you from time to time. Yet with a reason that’s sufficiently compelling, none of them have the power to keep you down.

Get clear about that reason and stay true to it. Let it be the fuel that keeps you going.

Give in fully to authentic purpose. And you won’t have to give in to anything less.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 8

Refresh your spirit

Turn away from what’s been allowed to mesmerize you for too long. Give your spirit some much needed refreshment.

Offer yourself the invigorating experience of a creative challenge. Go where you haven’t been, reconsider what you’ve disagreed with, learn what you never before realized was available to know.

Reliability and predictability offer plenty of advantages, and need not be abandoned entirely. Yet you can gain life-changing energy from being surprised, mystified, awestruck.

Pay attention to something you’ve always chosen to ignore. Go out in the sunlight with the intention of discovering what’s new.

Your heart loves certainty, and your spirit craves novelty. Give yourself a healthy balance of both.

Treasure and appreciate all you have, while also opening a pathway to new possibilities. Refresh your outlook, your energy level, your spirit, by showing yourself how beautiful and wondrous life can be.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 9

Go beyond

Look beyond what angers you and you’ll see what teaches you. Move on beyond what saddens you and you’ll encounter things that bring you joy.

Venture out beyond what irritates you and you’ll enter into situations that empower you. Learn to see past what frustrates you and begin to uncover what drives you.

Beyond what worries you is the realm of what inspires you. Go beyond what frightens you and you’ll engage in experiences that strengthen you.

Seeing the good in life is a matter of looking beyond the distractions, frustrations and disappointments. Beyond what is superficial, fleeting and negative, you’ll connect with what has substance, what endures, what truly matters.

Go beyond your first impression. Look beyond the surface.

When it feels that the whole situation is stacked against you, look beyond. Go beyond, and find all the real, positive, enduring value that life has to offer.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 10

Decide to be empowered

Much of what happens is beyond your control. Yet you can always decide how to feel about it, and what to do about it.

If you feel lousy, it’s not because of a particular circumstance. It’s because you’ve interpreted that circumstance as something to feel lousy about.

Imagine the power of interrupting that dynamic. That power is yours whenever you decide to use it.

You have an enormous amount of work to do, limited time to do it, and must contend with distractions from every direction. That’s a reasonable excuse to feel sorry for yourself.

Yet it’s also a powerful opportunity to exercise control over your feelings and intention over your actions. You can replace the sorrow with enthusiasm and transform the unfortunate situation into valuable achievement.

No matter how it comes to you, today is what you make of it. Decide to feel empowered by that fact, and do something good and useful with your power.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 11

Greatness of today

This is a new day, and you can use it to bring new richness to life. Today mixes positive value from the past with original possibilities in the present, and you can perform a similar combination.

It serves no purpose to wish all the bad things had not happened or that all the good things were still here. Instead, take the opportunity to create more goodness in fresh, innovative ways.

Carry forward all your good memories and positive values from the past. Honor and appreciate the best of what has been by making new richness from what you have today.

You’ve experienced some sadness and disappointment, and there will be more. Yet all sorts of new and meaningful joys await your choice to let them come to life.

Here is where you are, this is the time you have, and in it you’ll find everything you need to make a difference. Seize the opportunity to live with more richness than ever.

Treasure the best that you’ve been, and use this day to make it better. Put a confident, authentic smile on your face, a song of thankfulness in your heart, and live the greatness that is today.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 12

Old and new

Embrace what’s new, innovative, enlightening and useful. But don’t throw out all that’s old just to do so.

You can benefit from what’s novel as well as from what’s proven. A concept, an idea, a process does not necessarily lose value over time.

By the same token, just because you’ve done something a certain way forever, doesn’t mean it’s the best way. Many things are worth keeping, many are worth adopting, and many others have no place being started or maintained.

Don’t let your judgment become overly biased by how old or new anything is. Focus more on quality, integrity, elegance, beauty, and utility.

Give your respect and appreciation to what’s proven. Be receptive to what’s innovative.

Much value continues to echo from the past, and more value is being created now that will endure far into the future. Whether it’s old or new, recognize and put to good use all the great value life makes available to you.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 13

Surrender to reality

Imagine walking along the ocean shore. Nothing you could do, no command you could issue, would be able to stop the waves from rolling relentlessly upon the sand.

Surrender for a moment to that reality. And feel in its truth an intense connection to all that is.

You and everyone you know spend time and energy seeking to gain more control of the world around you. But what if that world is with you rather than around and apart from you?

What if the distinction between you and everything else is not as solid as you’ve assumed? Perhaps accepting and fully experiencing would bring you more fulfillment than seeking to dominate and control.

You cannot make the waves cease and neither could you make them start. Yet you can draw inspiration, perspective, and a sense of wonder from their eternal power.

Feel the strength you have to thrive within reality as it is. Improve what you can improve, accept what you can’t, and direct your efforts to expand life’s meaningful, enduring goodness.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 14

Affirmation of relevance

If you could instantly have whatever you wanted, none of it would mean anything. It’s your investment of time, attention and effort that gives value to whatever you experience or possess.

The object of your desire is not really what you desire. What you desire is meaning, relevance, to have an impact on existence.

Your objectives provide a framework for expressing that meaning, for producing that impact. The process is just as important as the result, often even more so.

To dream of acquiring anything without the slightest effort is not only delusional. It also blocks you from the very result you long for, which is an affirmation of your relevance.

Your life does indeed matter. And the more focused, purposeful effort you put forth the more deeply you encounter your own significance.

Pay attention to what you desire, and remind yourself of what that desire’s message really is. It’s compelling you to be the person and take the kinds of actions that will bring your objective to life.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 15

Intellectual humility

Contradictions abound. Not everything makes sense all the time.

Reason and logic confer powerful advantages and can produce beneficial results. That doesn’t mean they’re always the best choice.

A contradiction does not necessarily invalidate any of its components. Just because one thing is true does not mean its opposite is false.

You might just enhance your perspective by holding two opposing views in your mind at the same time. You could very possibly learn something by navigating a path through the contradiction.

When you’re certain you have all the answers, back away. You’re sure to discover some enlightening questions.

Intellectual humility multiplies the value and practical usefulness of your intelligence. What you don’t know can help you greatly, if you’ll simply let yourself accept that it’s out there.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 16

Exceptional life

Wander, wonder, discover, admire. Celebrate, attempt, persevere, achieve.

Give, understand, listen, consider, reconsider. Do all that makes you real, all that brings you closer to truth.

Dance freely, breathe deeply, explore with curiosity and respect. Begin each day with hope, and keep that hope alive as every moment passes.

Lose yourself in the experience of beauty. Find yourself in sustained purposeful effort.

Carry out your grown-up responsibilities while expressing the limitless energy of the child that’s always lived inside you. Be rich in ways only you can be.

Today is an irreplaceable day of your exceptional life. Live it with all the care, joy, and amazement it deserves.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 17

Who you truly are

Much of the good you do will go unnoticed by others. Do it anyway, because you’ll notice, you’ll know.

Some of the contributions you make won’t be fully appreciated. Go ahead and make them anyway, because you’re doing the right thing.

It’s fine when you receive recognition for what you do and for the quality of the person you are. Yet whether you are recognized for it or not, always give your best effort.

When no one else is watching, you are watching. When no one else appreciates the value of what you’re doing, you see the value, and that matters.

The way you view yourself influences everything you do. That view is formed not only when others notice and appreciate what you’re up to, but also when they don’t.

Make sure your actions are always true to the values you hold dear. Because the quality of your life is based not on who you appear to be, but on who you truly are.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 18

Possibilities exist

Today’s possibilities stretch out in all directions. Open yourself to a few of the best and bring them to fruition.

Problems do not necessarily have to continue as problems. Possibilities exist for solving them, transcending them, or making them irrelevant.

Opportunities do not have to remain as mere opportunities. Possibilities exist for you to transform them into enduring value.

Possibilities exist, and your existence is optimized right now to do good things with them. In every resource, situation, challenge, relationship, and idea, all kinds of possibilities exist.

Jump eagerly in to the dynamic fray of limitless potential. Make purposeful use of the strength and capability that exist within you.

So very many great possibilities exist. Make it your mission to recognize and fulfill the particular possibilities that bring great benefit to your world.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 19

Improve on the improvements

No matter how good an idea is, it’s not the answer to everything. Even with the most useful tool, you’re certain to need other tools.

The most experienced expert must still be open to new procedures and new information. Don’t become so smug in your proficiency that you avoid improving it.

Life is filled with opportunities to learn. Eagerly embrace them.

Recognize that you don’t know it all. Accept that your experience can always be expanded and improved upon.

After you gain knowledge, seek to gain competence, then work to gain mastery. But don’t stop there.

Challenge yourself to discover even more, to refine your efforts, to become more purposeful, focused, and effective. There’s no limit to what you can achieve when you’re always looking to improve on the improvements.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 20

Worthwhile choices

Is it real or is it a distraction? Is it something that brings meaning and fulfillment to your life or is it just cheap filler?

Does it nourish your spirit or does it merely pass the time? Does it bring about an improvement in your world or does it simply appear impressive?

Some choices, activities, experiences, are far more worthwhile than others. In every situation, you can zero in on what matters and engage yourself with that.

Your time and your life are too precious and miraculous to waste on anything less. The opportunity of each moment is too valuable to cover up with junk.

You have the good fortune to be able to escape many regrets before they’re ever brought to life. Take advantage of your best judgment, and seek the most worthwhile choices.

The way you spend the hours of each day becomes the way you live your life. Do what you know will bring value and fulfillment, and live it well.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Happy first day of spring my dear
friend Tammy. God bless you as
We continue our spiritual journey of
Recovery. In Jesus Name. Amen.

[bluidkiti]

U 2 willbe.

[bluidkiti]

March 21

The latest thing

The next big thing is exciting, compelling. But by its very nature it will too soon be forgotten and replaced.

You furiously chase the leading edge trend. Yet before you can catch up, it begins to fade away.

You were born with the crucial ability to notice and to focus on what’s new. It’s a useful and enlightening thing to have.

But it’s not meant to be the basis of your identity. You are able to transcend all that comes and goes, holding steady to who you are no matter what.

Yes, you adjust very well to changing conditions. Yet the deepest part of you remains true to the unique person you’ve always been.

Participate in the best of what’s new, while continuing to treasure the time-tested values that have made it possible for you to do so. For without truth, meaning, and purpose, even the very latest, most amazing thing has no value.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 22

Reach out in kindness

Imagine going forth in a state of kindness and empathy, rather than in a state of judgment, anxiety, and frustration. Such a state of kindness is not particularly difficult to maintain.

It’s mainly a matter of intention and discipline. Decide to let go of judgment, choose kindness, and be diligent about keeping yourself there.

That’s not to say you must roll over and allow others to take advantage of you. It’s entirely possible to make kindness your initial interaction, while also acknowledging the reality that it won’t always be reciprocated.

Often your kindness will be well received, probably more often than you might think. Other times, it will not be, but even then there’s nothing lost by offering it.

Whatever the case, it will always be well given. So no matter who does or does not benefit from your kindness, benefit will surely accrue to you.

Reach out in kindness, and good results occur. The more you do, the better life becomes for you and those around you.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 23

Courage to say yes

Today you’ll come across opportunities to speak and act with genuine love and kindness. Embrace those opportunities, make the most of them as often as you can.

For they are the moments that remain with you always. They are what you can continue to treasure even if you were to lose all else.

From time to time you’ll have a chance to walk in the sunshine. Give yourself often the gift of that experience, and share it with others when you can.

At times you’ll discover someone who can benefit greatly from the knowledge and assistance you have to offer. When you do, go ahead and make that offer, and you’re likely to be thankful you did.

A life of richness comes from saying yes to the opportunities for kindness, connection, genuine experience and caring. Be on the lookout for the circumstances and people to whom you can say yes.

Look back and remind yourself of all the goodness that’s entered your life because you had the courage to say yes. Let it inspire you to put that courage into action again and again.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Hey sister Tammy, I sent this message
To you last year with no response.
This message was sent 4/2024.

Hey my sister Tammy, it occur to me
as I was doing my reading today that
we have known each other for a very long
time. There were a few people who were
on this thread who I don't see anymore.
Kracker is the most recently gone missing
With that said. I want to give you my
full name and cell number, so if I suddenly
go missing you can reach out to me.
You are my beloved sister in recovery.
I'm also including my wife#
Her name is Elizabeth. (646) 881-8390
Wayne Franklin. (917) 755-1409
Have a happy Memorial Day.

God bless you and have a great week.
Wayne Franklin (Willbe275)
3/23/2025

[bluidkiti]

Thank you willbe.

[bluidkiti]

March 24

Your best response

Sometimes you can get mad at the world and latch onto a bad attitude as a form of punishment. But the main person who gets punished is you.

It’s true that life is regularly unfair and difficult. Yet you won’t help matters by making it more difficult.

Your response to a negative outcome does not have to be negativity. After all, that only makes it worse.

Instead, respond by making yourself a determined and persistent force in a positive direction. Rather than trying in vain to punish the world, seek with renewed energy to lift up yourself and those around you.

You’ve experienced what can go wrong. Use that experience and the motivation it gives you to make something right, valuable, and life affirming.

Instead of allowing adversity to push you down, decide to push firmly in the other direction. Whatever happens, living purposefully and positively is always your best response.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

I just dropped a $20 donation off to you, I know its
been a while since I've done that.
Thank you Tammy for all you do, correct me if I'm wrong,
I think I've been following you ever since the early 90s.
First learned about the daily recovery reading page
at a retreat in Pennsylvania, at a Matt Talbot Retreat, at
the time I had 7 years, enough said.
God bless you and have a awesome week.

[willbe275]

Hey my awesome friend Tammy
how do I change my profile?
I'm no longer in New York, I now resident
in Petersburg Virginia for the past two years

[bluidkiti]

Thank you willbe. I appreciate your help and support. I first came online in AA in December 1997 in an AA chatroom. I started out with the username blukiti (blue kitty) because of how my life was at the time but within the week I changed it to bluidkiti (blue eyed kitty) and have been know as that online ever since then. I put up my first recovery web page January 1998. I started putting the recovery readings together and posting the readings online in 1999 on a friend's message board and started sending the readings out in email in the Spring of 2000. I started helping other friends on their message boards and then eventually ventured out and got my own message board. I bought the domain name cyberrecovery.net in 2003 and sold it in 2009. I have owned several recovery websites but sold them eventually as I got older to make things easier and have this one now, bluidkiti.com, recoveryreadings.com and christianrecoveryreadings.com.

I changed your location for you. I hope you have a great day! :)

[bluidkiti]

March 25

Ocean of reality

In the world is a good place to be. Spend plenty of time there.

Ideas, concepts, memories and dreams entice you and provide their own kind of essential value. Yet living in the embodied reality of here and now is even more crucial to your existence.

Reality always serves as a source of great richness. Though it surely holds vexing challenges, it also can deliver unique rewards in every interaction.

Your existence is more than a mere abstraction. You have so much to discover, experience, and fulfill in the extraordinary world of which you’re a part.

Think your best thoughts, make your best plans, dwell on your most treasured values. Then put those thoughts into action and bring their good consequences to life.

Boldly set sail each day on the deep, wide, demanding and energizing ocean of reality. You have some amazing destinations to reach.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Thank you Tammy, like I
Said we have been together
By God grace a nice little while
God bless, I will never forget when
Your cat went missing, your heart
was broken, I remember praying
For his return, which never happened
the cool part you were not alone.
God bless you my dear awesome friend and sister in the Lord.

[bluidkiti]

March 26

Up your game

Here again is an opportunity to up your game. No matter how many times you’ve ignored that opportunity lately, today you can go forward with it.

Up your game, improve your effectiveness, enjoy the satisfaction and tangible rewards of doing so. Make it challenging enough to give you a noticeable push past your complacency, but not so much that you end up discouraged.

Stride forth a little faster, with a bit more confidence. Prolong your focus, extend your patience, strengthen your discipline.

For what you’re already good at doing, explore ideas for becoming better. Where your interest is not yet matched by your competence, seek to learn and commit to practice.

The good things in your life become even more valuable when you up your game. Challenges and obstacles lose their ability to overwhelm you.

Gain access to new possibilities by skillfully utilizing the possibilities you already have. Choose now to up your game, and allow the world to benefit from your good choice.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 27

Go with purpose

Zero in on a purpose and suddenly your energy level skyrockets. Determine a way to be useful and you’ve found a way to experience satisfaction.

Pleasure and convenience are fine but they don’t sustain your spirit. Skill and competence are great but when they’re not applied you become apathetic.

The path away from apathy, boredom, frustration, and lethargy begins with purpose. Focus on a specific objective with a compelling reason and you become the best version of yourself.

The best times are not the easiest times. The best times are the most purposeful times.

Aim yourself well and you will live well. Be clear on the reason and you can do amazing work.

What particular challenge can you traverse that will bring great value to your corner of the world? Lock your arms around that purpose and go with it.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 28

Pick a path

It’s good to keep your options open for a while. But at some point, for the options to be of any value, you must commit to one.

The point of choices is not to maintain them indefinitely. The point is to act on the best of those choices, transforming them into experience, achievement, and richness.

Being afraid to make the wrong selection is precisely the wrong selection. It is a case of your fear creating the thing you fear.

Be thankful for the many options available to you. Then settle on one and make it work.

It won’t be perfect, but then none of the others would have been either. Rather than second guessing your choice, do what is necessary to ensure that it becomes a good choice.

Pick a path and start walking on it, leaving the others behind. That’s the way to actually get somewhere.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 29

Love what you’re doing

It is all and ever in motion. New wonders never stop coming into existence as others draw to a close.

How do you focus enough to be immersed in the flow without being distracted by your effort to focus? It is with love for where you are and what you’re doing.

Let yourself love the moment, the details, the process, the situation. You have plenty of love to give, so allow it to pour into all that surrounds you and occupies you.

Discover that there is no need of going to great lengths in seeking to do what you love. Because you can always choose to love what you’re doing.

Abandon assumptions that anything is too tedious, too complicated, too inconvenient, too this or too that. Just see that you can transform it into an experience of love.

Open yourself to the miraculous now in which you always exist. Love what is, as it enters your awareness, and flow along with it to wondrous realms.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 30

Never a victim

You never have to see yourself as a victim. You always have the option to take full responsibility for your own life.

That’s not the easiest option, particularly in the short term. But over time, as years and experiences accumulate, it’s your best option.

Countless forces affect every aspect of your existence. The vast majority of them are far beyond your ability to control or even influence.

Yet although you cannot stop a speeding train, it’s a fairly simple matter to avoid standing in front of one. Rather than seeing and positioning yourself as a victim, there are plenty of good things you can do.

You can pay attention to what benefits your life and what harms it, and act accordingly. You can notice which people and situations encourage and support you, and can choose often to be in their presence.

You can start with the assumption that your life is your responsibility, and then act upon that assumption in every situation. Do that, and even in a precarious, uncertain world, you’ll never have to accept the role of helpless victim.

— Ralph Marston

[bluidkiti]

March 31

Highest hopes

Give yourself hope by doing something hopeful. Put the best part of yourself into action and immediately experience the improvement in your outlook.

Rather than defaulting to a tired, old, empty habit, call upon your creativity. Dwell on what you love, then seek to express that love through time, effort, and commitment.

Every day is filled with opportune moments. Be ready and willing to seize upon the next one that surely will soon arrive.

Immediately in front of you is the possibility of encountering genuine beauty, wonder, and awe. Be open to the possibility, be available to give yourself over to it.

Dreary expectations make for dreary experiences. Raise those expectations, inject hope and goodness into them.

How much time and work, commitment and persistence would you put forth if you knew it would all make a difference? It will, as you well know from looking back on your past, so act upon your highest hopes right now.

— Ralph Marston