MONDAY’S CUP OF MOTIVATION

What an amazing three day weekend.  The perfect combination of food, fireworks, family and fun.  Just the right amount of quality time with friends and family that will provide us with lasting memories.  They say that we work for the weekend. That may be the case but we also work to get ahead in life.  Every day we wake up, we have a choice.  Today, we can either choose to get by and hope that tomorrow will be better or we can get up and make tomorrow better by getting ahead today.  We have so much going for us.  Life can be hard at times but it can also be so rewarding if we choose to go for it.  It is never too late to start.  We are in the second half of the year.  The year is flying by.  Many of us are in the second half of our lives and life is flying by as well.  We cannot wait for things to change.  Don’t just wish things would change.  We used to simply wish. Now we post what we want life to be.  Posting doesn’t get it done. Wishing and posting. Different action, same result.  Things will only change when we change them.  Why wait?  If something needs changing, change it.  If we know what we need to do…just do it.  There is nothing like good old fashioned hard work.  It was how our parents did it.  It is how their parents did it.  It is how we need to do it.  It is simple when we take ownership of who we are and where we are.  Let’s throw out the excuses and the reasons why things are the way they are.  Let’s make things the way we want them to be.  This is still the land of opportunity.  We just need to become opportunists again.  It’s the second half.  The balls in our court.  Let’s give it our all and let’s have a phenomenal week.

ENCOURAGEMENT…

Already here

What are you waiting for? Whatever it is, stop waiting and start living.

The purpose of your life is already here, so live it. The meaning, the beauty, the opportunities, the resources, the time and the inspiration are already here, so go ahead and make full use of them.

Just dive right in to the substance of life. Start where you are, for the sooner your efforts begin, the more you’ll achieve.

Indulge that persistent longing to be creative, to say what you really mean and to live the reality of what you truly love. Everything necessary is already here, and so are you.

Let go of the excuses and silly rationalizations and let yourself live this day in all its beauty and glory. Stop searching and wondering and start letting your heart lead the way.

Your most promising moment is already here. Grab it and joyfully go with it.

— Ralph Marston
GREAT WORDS TO LIVE BY…

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandi

The best gift you could ever give someone is your time because you’re giving them something that you’ll never get back.

Anonymous

There are seven days in the week and someday isn’t one of them.

Anonymous

Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

Anonymous

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

C.S. Lewis

Some want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Michael Jordan
If you don’t make things happen then things will happen to you.
Robert Collier

This week, Make It Happen!