Procrastination and excuses do not lead to achievement.  The way to make it happen is to make the attempt.

You may very well fall short on the first few attempts.  There may very well be plenty of good reasons to give up.

Even so, keep making the attempt.  Action and persistence will get you everywhere.

How do you get yourself to make the attempt?  By connecting that attempt, and the achievement it will ultimately bring, with a real and meaningful purpose deep within you.

Then you are clear about why you must do what you must do, you'll have no trouble finding the will and the commitment to step boldly forward.  Make the attempt, as often as necessary, and you will surely make it happen. ♥

To bring anything into your life, imagine it is already there. The more completely you imagine it, the more fully it becomes real for you.

All that you are, you once imagined yourself to be. What do you choose to imagine now?

Imagination does its work not by tapping into some supernatural, secret power. Imagination creates your world by simply and naturally directing the enormous creative energy that is your life.

Imagination enables you to fully and authentically experience what is already there. Through the power of your imagination, you choose your own specific reality from a limitless set of possibilities.

Be aware and in touch with what you choose to imagine. For with your imagination, you are choosing the direction of your life. ♥

Fighting against negativity only produces more negativity.  Yet when you accept what is, no matter how terrible and difficult it may be, you put yourself in a position to start changing it for the better.

Acceptance does not mean giving in or giving up.  It means moving on, as in moving on ahead.  There is simply no point in fighting battles which have already been lost, nor is there any point in allowing the loss to continue to slow you down.  The smart strategy is to accept it and then put all your energy toward a positive pursuit.

Acceptance does not mean allowing others to take advantage of you.  It simply means that you look realistically at what has happened and allow yourself to see the positive opportunities that are most certainly there.

Once you accept what is, you are free to move positively forward.  Once you quit fighting, you are free to start achieving. ♥

Even when your thoughts are completely calmed, you are still very much aware.  The thoughts and sensations come and go, and behind them all is your ever-present awareness.

The thoughts you have are the thoughts you choose to hold.  They are not you.

Although you may have been stuck in a negative, destructive thought pattern for years or even for decades, you always have the choice of letting it go.  For ultimately, your thoughts do not create you or define you, and they do not have to hold you hostage.

When you know that you do not have to think, then you are free to think whatever you choose.  When you experience your thoughts and sensations as objects flowing through your awareness, then they no longer have the power to hold you back.

Your mind is an enormously powerful tool that is yours to use as you choose.  Cultivate awareness beyond your thoughts, and put all those thoughts to use in a positive, meaningful way.♥

Break free of the petty demands of your ego, and everything you do becomes more genuinely fulfilling.  Leave your ego behind when you go out into the world, and your relationships will flourish like never before.

Of the factors that can hinder your progress, your ego is one of the most insidious.  For the more it holds you back, the more it demands of you, and the more it demands of you, the more powerful it becomes.

Yet you have what it takes to break that cycle.  For what it really takes is nothing more than the willingness to leave the limitations of your ego behind.

Choose to focus not on what you can take and hoard from each situation, but rather on what you can give and on the things you can cause to grow.  Decide to expand your focus beyond your own concerns, and you'll greatly expand your influence.

Consider how much more bold, effective, creative and productive you can be when you are beyond the reach of the constant demands of your ego.  Then choose to set yourself free.♥

What you can do, however, is make full use of it.  What you can do is make something of lasting value out of the fleeting moments of this day.

Yes, you could choose to put forth the very minimum effort required to simply make it through the day.  Yet all that will do is take you to tomorrow, where the only thing you'll have to show for it is the need to make it through still another day.

Instead, use this day to grow, to learn, to act and move and build and accomplish.  Rather than seeking to merely make it through, choose to truly make it count for something great.  Time is already moving steadily ahead. Make the decision, right now, to move ahead with it.

Make full and joyous use of the unique moment in time where you now find yourself.  You've been given the valuable gift of this day, so step forward and claim its special treasures.♥

As you go through life's ups and downs, there is wisdom you possess that can help you greatly, and yet often you ignore it.  It's all too easy to focus on the outer situation, and that can keep you from remembering who you truly are inside.

Inside you is a potent and compelling purpose.  When you live true to that purpose, it can bring power and effectiveness to all that you do.

There are so many times when the confusion and urgency of the world swirls around you, and nothing seems to make sense.  At such times, direct your focus toward the real and abiding purpose that is essential to who you are.

Keep yourself grounded in what really matters, and listen to the valuable secrets that your own considerable wisdom has to tell you.  Remind yourself that you can rise above the turmoil, and that you can use the energy of the moment to advance the positive purpose that lives deep within you.

Your wisdom increases with every experience, and has been doing so for a very long time.  Remember often to tap into its enormous positive power.♥

The only distractions that knock you off course are the ones to which you give your attention. Choose an interesting diversion to follow every now and then, and let the others flow on past.

The only things that can discourage you are the things you choose to see as discouraging. Keep in mind that there is some positive aspect to every situation, and you can always decide to focus on it.

The only problems that can hold you back are the ones that you avoid working your way through. Choose instead to see those problems as the opportunities they are, and then get busy fulfilling their positive promises.

The only time that is ever wasted is the time you let yourself settle for less than you're fully capable of living. At any time, in any situation, there is always a way to create real, lasting, positive value.

You are at this very moment alive in a vast and beautiful universe filled with every possibility. Choose right now to bring the very best possibilities to life.♥

If there are things that are missing in your life, ask yourself this question.  Have you given those things a place to live?

The person who has many friends is the person who has made a place for friendship in her life.  The person who is amazingly knowledgeable is the person who has made a place for learning in his life.

In order to receive a delivery at your home, you must tell the delivery service where to take it.  In the same way, for the best things in life to be yours, you must provide a space within your life where they can arrive.

Make a place in your life for love, and love will certainly fill it.  Make a place within your life for joy, and joy will soon be there.

Create the time, the space, the energy, the interest, the passion and the commitment in your life for whatever it is you seek.  And the things you seek will begin to inhabit the places you have made for them.

Give the best things in life a place to live within yourself.  And you'll soon find those things filling your world.♥

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