Behind every fortune is someone who has labored long into the night to make it real. Behind every important discovery is a person who often grew weary searching for it.
Behind the magnificent work of art is an artist who spent hour after hour, month after month toiling at tasks that were tedious and seemingly endless. Behind the beautiful, soaring music is a composer who carefully arranged each note, each pause, each crescendo into place.
Take heart. Your effort cannot help but pay off.
The fact is, your effort is the payoff. The fortune, the discovery, the work of art, and the music, as grand as they are, serve as mere tokens of the achievement.
The real achievement is in the achieving, and the real value is in the doing. Sincere, focused effort makes your life rich, even as you do it.
Make the effort and the reward is guaranteed. For the biggest reward is in the doing.
From Today's Author . . .
Today's advice comes from Ralph Marston, a full-time motivational writer and inspiration with 25 years experience. Ralph has published 3 books and created over 15 musical cd's and dvd's used for meditation and relaxation.
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