Happiness

Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.
At first glance this sounds like the same thing, take a
Closer look, it's not.

If your completely fulfilled by spending time with
Your friends and family because you really want to
Be with them then you truly want what you have.
 
On the flip side, if you drive the nicest scar and have
A huge house, and have worked hard to get those things,
Then you have been successful at having what you want.
 
When you have what you want eventually the 
Feeling of satisfaction wears off.  Once you get what 
You want the old wants are replaced by the new wants
And the cycle continues.  True happiness remains at bay.
 
Look around you, happiness may be closer than you
Think.  It may just be a matter of changing what you 
Value.

Want Not

Next time you are waiting for anything,

notice what you are wanting!

This will be a source of Your tension or impatience.

 

 All desire has fear built in - fear of not getting or losing,

 even Before your desire is fulfilled.

 

 The secret is to want nothing, and then magic happens,

 for love And behold, all that you need and more

arrives in your life, at the right time, in the right way.

Remind Yourself

 If you know a little of yourself, you will have realized that you are

 more than meets your eyes in the mirror in the morning.

 

What you see is not what you are. You see the form not the

 content, the body not the soul, the matter not the mind.

In quiet and profound moments, we innately know that is true.

 

 But we forget.

The world tells us and wants us to believe that

 we are what we see - and we take the easy way out.

 We believe.

That's why the awakening of spirit and the flowering of our spirituality

 (nothing to do with religion)

 means we have to keep reminding ourselves, a hundred times a day,

I am a soul - not a body, I am an eternal spirit - not a perishable piece of meat.

 

I am quality, not quantity. I am. Otherwise, freedom is not possible.

 And if we are not free, in the deepest space inside our own being,

 we cannot be truly happy.

Honor This Day

Feel what a privilege it is to be alive today. Consider all
The possibilities available to you, right now.
 
See the wonder and the beauty all around you. Let yourself
Truly love who you are and where you are in this moment.
 
Sense the eagerness within you to get started, to make
Things happen, and to create value. That eagerness comes
From your genuine excitement about expressing yourself
Through your accomplishments.
 
Look at all the new ways that this day gives you to express
Who you are. Even the troubles, even the problems, and even
The obstacles give meaning to life because they give you
Something to build upon.
 
Life's many circumstances and situations give you a way to
Pull yourself up, and rise to a new level of being. Whatever
Comes your direction gives you a way to create value that
Will last beyond this day, value that will be with you
Always.
 
Honor this day, honor the possibilities in this day, honor
The love and the beauty in this day. Look around at all you
Have, and in this moment make it, in your own way, into
Something truly great.

~Ralph Marston~

Progress

Progress is made in steps. Be willing to take enough steps,

and you can get wherever you want.
Imagine walking to a destination that is one mile away.

The first step doesn't seem to take you very far,

though if you keep going you'll be there in half an hour.

When working toward a goal, the intermediate steps may seem tedious

 and unfulfilling. Yet in reality, they are the very essence of fulfillment.
That fulfillment will be realized when the steps are all taken.

 Keep going, and the achievement will be yours.

Whether the goal is modest or highly ambitious, taking sure and

 steady steps will get you there. When you're willing to take

 the necessary steps, there is no limit to where you can go.
Though the goal may seem distant, the pathway is not.

 The first step is right in front of you now. 

 

~Ralph Marston~

The way You Chooose To Live

Good fortune may sometimes bring success sooner than it otherwise would have come.

 And bad luck may sometimes cause a temporary setback.
In the long run, though, success in life is not much affected by luck or by accidents.

 It is based on the character with which you live from day to day, moment to moment.
In fact, success is not really defined by any particular point that you reach.

 It is much more a matter of the way that you live.

In order to be successful, you do not need any particular circumstance or set of events.

 Real success comes from living with purpose and meaning.

That's something that requires no one else's consent, assistance or permission.

 It's something you can begin to do right here and now.

Fortune can bring you a fleeting windfall or a momentary setback.

 The way you choose to live, though, is what brings true, lasting success.

~Ralph Marston~