SELF IMPROVEMENT AND MOTIVATION

If you don’t have time to get it all done, get some of it done. If you’re not able to do it perfectly, do it the best you can.  It’s great to visualize an ideal world. Always keep in mind, though, that you must live in the real world as it is.  Conditions are never going to be perfect, so stop waiting endlessly for them to be. The fact is, you can arrange for conditions to be good enough, and then go forward with what you have.  Aim for perfection, but don’t let that stop you from working with reality. Live according to your highest vision, and also with practical, common sense.  Climb to the top of the mountain and get a clear view of the big picture. Then commit yourself to taking care of all the little details, filling that big picture with living richness.  See life as the best it can be, and live life as it comes to you. That will keep you always moving in a positive, fulfilling direction. 

You might not reach your goal today. Yet you can reach a significant part of the way toward it.  You may not make as much progress today as you intend. Yet you will make some valuable progress.  Don’t you dare be discouraged by what you were not able to do. Instead, be inspired by what you have been able to get done, and by what you’re now in a position to achieve.  Even though you’re not able to reach all the way right now, reach. Go ahead, do what you can, now when you have the opportunity.  Get started, continue, make some progress, then do it again and again. Small efforts add up to big results when you repeat them often enough.  Reach forward, work forward and move forward. You’ve made some meaningful progress, and now is your chance to make even more. 

Put passion into what you do, whatever it is. Your passion confers great power, and engages your best abilities, and you can put it into anything. There’s no need to search for, or wait for, or wonder about what will give you passion. Go ahead and give your passion to the moment you’re in. What provides you with passion is your choice to live it. What gives you passion is your decision to allow it to flow into your thoughts, words and actions. Live your life not as a bystander. Live in this world, on this day, at this place as an active participant. Discover how empowering it feels to give authentic passion to the smallest of details. Experience for yourself how great it is to care without holding back. Put passion in this day, in this task, and in this circumstance. Be rewarded with exceptional effectiveness and meaningful achievement.

Expect this day to be a richer, more fulfilling day than yesterday. Expect better, and your life will rise to meet those expectations.  Expect the most favorable outcome and you’ll discover ways to bring it about. Expect a positive experience and you’ll find the goodness in every situation.  The way you act is informed and influenced by what you expect. Choose to expect better and you’ll do better.  Expect to understand, to resonate and to forge deep connections with those around you, and you will. Expect to create value out of whatever you have to work with, and that value flows forth.  Expect to make a meaningful positive difference today. Expect peace, love, healing and goodness, and your efforts and energy will focus to bring them about.  Do yourself and your world a big favor, and expect better. Expect better, and find joy in the journey of making it so. 

You’re never too old, too knowledgeable or too experienced to learn something new. It can be positively energizing to learn a new skill or to improve significantly on an existing one. One big hindrance to new learning is the assumption that you already know enough. In a world where knowledge is increasing at an unimaginable and accelerating pace, that’s an assumption that can get you in trouble. Be truly thankful for what you know. Then make even better use of that knowledge by building on it. Your mind benefits from challenging mental exercise just as your body benefits from rigorous physical activity. Keep your mind in great shape by opening it up to new and invigorating challenges. Make your valuable life experience even more valuable by adding new skills and knowledge to it. With each new thing you learn come great new opportunities. Open your mind to new learning. And enrich every area of your life.

You have what you need. Now go make something of it.  You have an abundance of possibilities. Now get busy fulfilling the best of them.  You have resources, abilities, interests, skills and passions. Now do something meaningful and enjoyable with them.  Don’t waste your time and energy wishing for more. Invest yourself in creating new richness in your own unique way.  Instead of obsessing over what you don’t have, imagine what you can create. Instead of getting hung up on the challenges, get excited about the possibilities.  You are connected to all of life’s abundance. Now do the work to create and to follow the path of your own special greatness.

Be sincerely useful, and create meaningful value. You’ll never run out of opportunities to make a difference.  The fulfillment you seek will not come from what you possess. It will come from what you contribute.  Life is beautiful and you can make it more so. The opportunity is everywhere.  The more challenging things become, the more of a difference you can make. Remind yourself how great it feels to genuinely be of service, and then do it again and again.  The more you give, the richer your life becomes. The more value you create, the more hopeful and fulfilling all of life becomes.  Seek to be useful, and you’ll find plenty of ways. Choose to make a positive difference, and experience life at its highest, most satisfying level.