It's Only The Beginning

Yours to make great

You’ve come through a lot to get to this day in the year 2017. And now is your opportunity to put all that experience to use in making this new year the best one ever.

Today, as the new year begins, you have the opportunity to distance yourself, to detach yourself from the disappointments and limitations of the past. Those disappointments are now last year’s disappointments. All those limitations are now last year’s limitations. Today you are already moving on past them because you’re living in a brand new year.

You have what it takes to fill each day of this new year with positive, focused thoughts and actions which will move you solidly toward the achievement of the best you can imagine for yourself and your world. Just think of all the great things you can do! Imagine what an enormous positive difference you can make in your own life and in the lives of those around you.

And you have a brand new year in which to do it. So decide right now to make it great. Stand up right now and take the first step forward, the first step this year in the direction of your most treasured dreams. Then keep right on going, moving ahead for a whole year’s worth of positive, productive, effective and joyful living.

Happy New Year! It’s yours right now so make it great. 

The best ever

To make this new year the best year ever, start small. Start with one small moment, this one you now have, and put into it all your energy, your enthusiasm, your passion and commitment.

Make full use of what you have right here and now, whatever it may be. Though it may not seem like much, this small moment can put you solidly on course for magnificent positive achievement.

To make this new year the best year ever, keep going. Though challenges and disappointments will certainly come your way, you do not have to go their way. At times you will know discouragement, yet there is no value in continuing to be discouraged. There is every reason to continue moving forward, no matter what, for that is the best response to every discouragement.

To make this new year the best year ever, take responsibility for it. Instead of making excuses or assigning blame, put your energy into focused, creative effort, into creating value, into living with purpose.

This new year can be the best year ever. Because it will be for you whatever you are willing to make it. 

In this moment

Now is the time, and this is the moment. All else is but a memory of what has been or a speculation of what might come.

It is useful to look back and to look forward as well. Always remember, though, that now is where you are, and now is when you can make a difference.

Regrets and wishes will not change what has been or what will be. It is by taking action now, when you can, that you fulfill the best of your possibilities.

On this day when the calendar changes, and you’re reminded of the passage of time, remember this. Whatever the month, whatever the year, now is the time for you to live, this is the moment for you to act.

All that you are, you are right now. All that you can be, begins in this moment. Now is a great place to be. For when you live it fully, with love, with gratitude, with purpose, anything is possible. 

Say yes

This New Year is the time to say yes to the best of your possibilities. This is the moment to start reaping the rewards from the positive side of life.

Many opportunities will beckon, and you can choose to say yes to them. Obstacles will regularly stand in your way, and you can decide that, yes, you will work through them.

There will be plenty of ways to make a positive difference. And yes, you can be the person who steps forward to do it.

Setbacks will come along to knock you down. And yes, you can get back up and get yourself moving forward even faster, with more determination than before.

Say yes to the best possibilities, and even better possibilities will then open up to you. Say yes to the challenges, and the strength you develop will lift you higher than you ever could have imagined.

Say yes this New Year to the richness and wonder that is your life. And your positive, enthusiastic approach will make it even better. 

So much to do

Do you have so much to do that is seems overwhelming? Then stop thinking about how much there is and start getting it done.

Feeling overwhelmed is merely a state of mind that you choose. And just as easily as you can choose it, you can choose to let it go.

A new day, a new month, a new year dawns and it can make you feel like time is quickly slipping away. But in fact, time comes to you just as quickly as it moves past.

And that means that each moment you get the opportunity to make a difference. Each moment, the best thing you can do is to make full and meaningful use of that moment.

That is how you get things done. Moment by moment, little by little, small tasks build into great accomplishments, and accomplishments build into a life with real fulfillment.

You don’t have to tackle everything all at once. Just do what you can, when you can, filling each moment with positive purpose and action.

And what once seemed overwhelming will quickly become a source of real and lasting fulfillment. 

New possibilities

A new year is here. It’s a great opportunity to re-examine your assumptions, and to get rid of the ones that no longer make any sense.

Assumptions can be very useful because they free you from having to think through every little detail. Assumptions are a practical way to make positive use of your extensive past experience.

Remember, though, that change is a constant part of life. People change, conditions change, the world changes, and all those changes can quickly make your assumptions obsolete.

Outdated assumptions can keep you stuck when there’s really no reason for you to be stuck. Outdated assumptions can prevent you from connecting with good and valuable things that are easily within your reach.

As you go through each day, make note of the assumptions you rely upon. Select a few of those assumptions and seriously challenge them.

You’ll find limitations you thought you had that are no longer there, and opportunities you never knew about that are now open to you. As the new year begins, free yourself from outdated assumptions, and you’ll find all sorts of new possibilities popping into view. 

Begin

Today is the day to begin. This new year is a blank canvas upon which you have the delightful opportunity to paint.

As you do, be authentic. Your greatest accomplishments are the ones that contain the greatest quantity of you.

Be innovative and creative. The challenges you face will melt away when you apply fresh, original thinking to them.

Remember not to take yourself too seriously. You’ll climb much higher when you’re thoroughly enjoying the effort.

As you move forward, do so with genuine and persistent integrity. That way, the results you create will be results that are actually worth attaining.

Today you stand at the beginning of a grand adventure, with the very real and present opportunity to shape this year into the best one ever. Begin now, take the initiative, and never stop living life according to who you know you are.

— Ralph Marston