FridayThought: What Surrounds You

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FridayThought: What Surrounds You
Fri, 11-17-2006 - 12:01am
What surrounds you
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The things that surround you can exert a powerful influence
on you. And you can use that influence to your advantage.

Surround yourself with positive influences. Let them serve
as subtle and constant reminders to be your very best.

Arrange your physical environment so that it encourages and
promotes focus and creativity. Choose to spend your time
surrounded by things that lift you up.

Get yourself around people who will reinforce the values and
goals you consider to be most meaningful. Spend time with
people who challenge you to be your best.

Seek out situations that enable you to connect with and
fulfill your most deeply held purposes. Learn which
surroundings inspire you most, and find a way to spend time
in them.

Though it is certainly possible to flourish in spite of your
surroundings, life proceeds much more smoothly when your
environment exerts a positive influence. Surround yourself
with the best you can imagine, and it will start to get to
you.

Ralph Marston


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