Make Your Life A Triumph

I feel a little embarrassed to admit that I go to this site now and again for words of inspiration and just to cleanse the palette after the daily inundation of bad news on CNN. Breaking my addiction to the bad news teet comes next. Anyhow, here it is in all it's kind of corny glory. Daily motivation from motivational writer Ralph Marston.


Possibility of success

You can make your life a triumph in spite of every adversity. Or you could make your life a mess in spite of every advantage.
Success does not depend on where you start. If it did, no one would have ever been successful.

Success comes from what you choose to do with whatever you have. It is fully available to anyone who decides to make the effort and the commitment.

Whatever the day holds, it also holds the possibility of success and achievement. Whatever the situation may be, there is a way to create real value from it.

Choose to see the positive possibilities, and you will. Choose to follow those possibilities, and success takes root.

The opportunity for success is always yours, and so is the responsibility. Decide to do what it takes, and create the success that is your own special destiny.

-- Ralph Marston

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A MOMENT FOR REFLECTION AS THE LIGHT TURNS FROM RED TO GREEN

At the corner of my street the other day, I watched as a woman from the nearby funeral home stood in traffic, directing cars from the home parking lot, out into the street. She was the picture of authority, her right hand out, ordering a halt of traffic, her left hand encouraging timid drivers to defy the green light and join the funeral procession. As I walked along, I could see the interesting chain of cause-and-effect this was having. Those cars directly in front of her, waited patiently. Even in the city of Toronto, we have time to stop, and respectfully allow precedence for those making that final trip to the cemetery with their loved one.

The cars further back had no idea what was happening and began to honk their horns. One man was visibly upset, and showed it with a litany of honks. It fascinated me to realize that I was truly seeing the ripple effect of one's actions on another and I was also getting a good lesson as to how little we some times understand what others might be going through that day. The car five cars ahead of you may be attending a funeral - That's the gist of it. You just don't know. You just never know. I was extra patient and kind that day. Maybe there's a lesson like that in every day. Thanks to those who have been patient and kind to me when I've been five cars ahead.