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Daily Motivator for January 31 – Fulfilling journey

Fulfilling journey

What matters much more than where you are is the direction you are going.  That’s something you can change instantly if you wish.

You cannot create an instant achievement, yet you can instantly be headed in  the direction of whatever achievement you choose. From wherever you are, there  is a path and a direction.

Your task for right now is not to get all the way there. Your responsibility in this moment is to keep yourself moving in the direction that will eventually get you all the way there.

No matter how long you’ve been off track, or how far away from the path  you’ve wandered, you can begin right now to get back on track. Your very next  action sets your direction, so wisely choose that action and go with it.

Don’t waste your time with regrets about where you’ve been or empty wishes  about where you’d like to be. Use this very moment to firmly establish and  maintain a positive, meaningful direction for your life.

Whatever the challenges may be, however ambitious the goal, your direction is  yours to choose in each and every moment. Choose the direction that most  authentically expresses your unique value, and enjoy a truly fulfilling  journey.

— Ralph Marston

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In The News……

In the news

Christine Lagarde

  • Astronomers announce the discovery of ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar yet found.
  • The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, the world’s longest cross-sea bridge, opens in Shandong, People’s Republic of China.
  • The 1,318-km (819-mi) Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway opens after 39 months of construction.
  • Amid heavy protests, the Greek parliament passes austerity measures to obtain the latest tranche of a €110 billion EFSF loan.
  • Christine Lagarde (pictured) is appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, beginning 5 July.
  • At least nineteen people, including eight attackers, are killed in a Taliban assault on the Hotel InterContinental in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity during the ongoing civil war in Libya.

In The News……

In the news

Christine Lagarde

  • Christine Lagarde (pictured) is appointed as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, effective 5 July.
  • The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity during the ongoing civil war in Libya.
  • New York becomes the sixth and most populous U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
  • Mario Draghi is appointed for an eight-year term as President of the European Central Bank, effective 1 November.
  • Pauline Nyiramasuhuko is convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
  • Actor Peter Falk, best known for playing the detective Columbo, dies at the age of 83.

In the News…….

  • At least 89 people are killed by a tornado, the United States’ deadliest in 58 years, in Joplin, Missouri.
  • Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life wins the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
  • Protests against the government continue in cities across Spain, despite a ban before elections.
  • Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus both claim victory after the WTO rules on the world’s largest trade dispute.
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns his position as head of the International Monetary Fund in the wake of sexual assault charges.
  • Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach of Ireland and founder of the New Ireland Forum, dies at 85.