Tuesday Motivator

When you're committed to a journey of a thousand miles, a few steps in the wrong direction can't possibly bring you down. But if you have no overall direction, each negative step can seem devastating.

If the little things are constantly bringing you down, that's a sign that the big things aren't compelling enough. If the minor annoyances seem like major setbacks, then work on looking beyond them.

There is some purpose that will lift you above whatever setbacks may come. There is some purpose that will compel you to positive action, even when the circumstances of the moment work against you.

There is some reason you want what you want. There is some desire that drives all your desires.

Look beneath the surface of your day-to-day life and ask why. Dig deeply and discover the rich, special purpose that makes you who you are.

Focus your attention on the goal of the journey. And you'll hardly even notice the detours along the way.

I count myself lucky to have the opportunities which surround me for intellectual fulfillment. I count with delight the ways in which my life is enriched by the resources which are at hand. Rather than focus on what is lacking, I choose today to enumerate the things which do interest and delight me. I count the areas in which I have abundant resources. I am grateful for the diversity of my friends and my community. Choosing to see that I can play an increasingly accurate role in my own self-nurturance, I recognize the many as yet untapped arenas for self-enrichment with which I am supplied. It is a matter of perception whether I choose to view my life as half-filled and able to be ever more abundant or half-empty and ever more disappointing. Recognizing that the choice is mine, I turn my focus toward the ways in which I can deepen and expand my mind and my spirit. My mind is blessed by the food of my intellectual interests.

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