I start my day, six days a week by connecting with the Daily Motivator, created by Ralph Marston. My goal is to consistently work on my attitude toward life and in particular my diabetes. Ralph’s clear messages are a gift to me and since he’s given me permission, to you as well. Please note a message below that has particular significance to we who have diabetes. Click the link to enjoy the message accompanied by beautiful photos from around the world plus soothing music to help with message digestion. Enjoy!
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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Thursday, August 19, 2010

How you spend your thoughts
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How are you spending your precious, powerful thoughts? Are you spending them on the things you desire or on the things you detest?

Would you waste your money buying things you didn’t even want? It makes no more sense to waste your thoughts on those things you don’t want.

Your life unfolds in accordance with your most pervasive thoughts. Your actions, and the results they bring, flow directly from what you think from moment to moment.

Can you create and nourish a rich and detailed vision of yourself living the life you wish to live? Yes, of course you can.

Allow yourself to fashion that vision, to nourish it, to expand upon it with your thoughts, and by so doing, to truly live it. The more you focus your thoughts on what you do desire, the more surely you bring those desires to life.

Make positive and meaningful use of the awesome power of your thoughts. Where your thoughts most frequently go, your life will surely and quickly follow.

By Ralph Marston. Originally published in The Daily Motivator and used with permission.
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Over the years, I’ve learned that my thoughts beget my feelings. When I’m feeling poorly, my thinking is typically negative and I need to take action to change my thinking. I like Ralph’s concept of thinking as spending and how to spend it wisely. For we who have diabetes this is essential. I’m also reminded of the idea that what we think about expands as well as Henry Ford’s quote, “If you think you can do a thing, or you think you can’t…you’re right.” Note Ralph’s last sentence and how “right” it is for us.

In my experience, the single most important element in achieving effective diabetes self-care mastery is attitude. We can all learn to gain control of our thinking and when we do, the dividends are enormous.

Thanks, Ralph