Tango

Tango your way through life...nice thought

Succes

Ralph Marston ‏@ralphmarston

The real success is the way you are, not what you get from it.

Look directly at your shortcomings without attaching emotion to them. See them for what they are, & they cease to hold power over you.

Instead of making excuses or assigning blame, put your energy into focused, creative effort, into creating value, into living with purpose.

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Choose to be happy

Happiness comes from the way you choose to live and respond to the world, not from the way the world responds back. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)

Time

People ask me how I find time to enjoy the varied interests I have. Here is the answer. Of course, good time management helps. 

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. 
Charles Caleb Colton

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/charlescal108128.html#2HwCoIAQpmKdmOSO.01

Love is an action word

Amy Carmichael said " You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving". Whether you give expensive gifts, dinners, holidays or valuable (to the recipients) gifts like time, effort , praise; give some thoughts to the reasons for your gifts.
Someone said" People don't remember what you said, but they remember what you did"
Words are cheap, so back up your words. Or your words mean very little.

Your life, your choice

I have been saying "your life, your choice" a lot lately. I am so fed up with people telling me "I have no time, that's why I haven't call or email or text ", " My joints hurt, so I can't exercise", " I am depressed, so I eat" etc, etc.
Call it what it is. Excuses are excuses. To put it another way, we tell lies to ourselves and to others, to justify what we do. The sad thing is, we believe these lies too.
The question is, how badly do you want something? If you really want it, you will make time. You will make ways, not excuses, to get what you want. You will set priorities, you will set reminders, whatever to get what you want, if you what it badly enough.
So, the bottom line is, ask yourself, is it what I want? Do I want it badly? It is my life, my choice.

Is it possible or impossible? Your thoughts, your commitment, your actions decide. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)

When somene lets you down

By  Ralph Marsdon

You don’t need anyone’s permission to feel great. In fact, you don’t need anything other than to simply let yourself do it.
It is wonderful when someone expresses love to you, yet you can also feel the power of love even when you are alone. There is no need to wait or to beg or to compromise yourself in order to attain a certain feeling. All you must do is choose to feel the way you wish to feel. Go ahead and feel what you truly want to feel. Go ahead and feel as great as you can possibly imagine ever feeling.


Read more: http://greatday.com/nmot/member_content/monthly/2010-04.html#ixzz2IWXdb6Vj

Take a break

Boating on Lake Eildon

Take a break from the daily routine to renew the body, mind and spirit...

Dance while you can

You are what you think

My time

White Flag

I was sent the link of this song today.

White Flag (Dido)

Getting beyond disappointment

Going through a patch of disappointment, I remember reading this piece by Ralph Marston .

Getting beyond disappointment

Life will disappoint you on a regular basis, in ways that are big and small. The way to get beyond each disappointment is to get busy doing something positive and meaningful.

It’s easy to get caught up in assigning blame, or speculating on how things might have been different, or feeling anger and resentment. None of those things, however, will add any value to your life.

Choose instead to let the disappointment make you stronger and more positively determined. Acknowledge it, and then step forward from it with productive and meaningful action.

When you feel like indulging in self-pity, take that as a prompt to break free from the negative pattern. Use it as an opportunity to initiate an improvement in your world.

Disappointment is a fact of life, but it never has to weigh you down for very long. You can always decide to focus on the positive possibilities in the present moment instead of the shortcomings in the past.

Make the smart choice, and live by intention rather than by chance. Whatever may happen, use it as a starting point for making life better.

— Ralph Marston

Read more: http://greatday.com/motivate/120803.html#ixzz2Gy5xPNBH

Be Happy

Ralph Marston ‏@ralphmarston

By choosing to be genuinely happy with yourself you're also choosing to be the best, the strongest, the most effective person you can be