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Motivated Magazine THE MAGAZINE THAT MOVES YOU! MOTIVATED MAGAZINE is designed with your interests at heart!

It is full of new as well as time-tested ideas, quotations from distinguished and successful people, true and true-to-life energizing short stories, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.—Joseph...
08/01/2025

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
—Joseph Addison

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.—Jonas Salk
07/01/2025

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
—Jonas Salk

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
06/01/2025

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.—Albert Einstein
05/01/2025

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
—Albert Einstein

Weekly StoryLook Forward, Not BackwardBy David Mead, adaptedA few weeks ago, I was taking the train to work like I usual...
05/01/2025

Weekly Story
Look Forward, Not Backward
By David Mead, adapted

A few weeks ago, I was taking the train to work like I usually do, and I realized that for some reason I always sat facing the back of the train so when I looked out the window, I only saw where I had been, not where I was going.

I have no idea what compelled me to always sit that way, but since the seat across from me was empty, I switched seats, and therefore, my vantage point. Although I’d never thought of the difference before that day, seeing what was coming up rather than what had already been, had a huge impact on me.

I noticed that when I sat facing the back of the train, all I really focused on was what was right next to the tracks—the graffiti-filled walls of warehouses, the guard rail next to the train, people’s backyards, etc. When I sat facing forward, the first thing that jumped out at me was the mountains. My viewpoint immediately changed from what was right in front of me to the bigger picture of where I was, and where I was headed.

This simple experience can be related to life and the way we act. If we always look back at where we’ve been and what we’ve done, we cannot see where we want to be or where we hope to end up. On the other hand, if we look forward and allow our minds to grasp the wonderful things we are capable of, we can plan for the future and be successful at it.

We know where we’ve been. The key is to focus on where we’re going.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.—Desmond Tutu
04/01/2025

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
—Desmond Tutu

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.—C.S. Lewis
03/01/2025

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
—C.S. Lewis

Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sen...
02/01/2025

Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.
—Göran Persson

Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against...
01/01/2025

Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
—Helen Keller

I recently read that this one thing is “… seldom considered, though it does more to influence everything about us than v...
01/01/2025

I recently read that this one thing is “… seldom considered, though it does more to influence everything about us than virtually any other thing in life. It often controls the time we get up in the morning, the time we go to sleep, what we eat and drink, and the very thought that runs through our heads. It can make us either happy or sad, loving or hateful, cheerful or remorseful, congenial or spiteful, and in doing so, control our capacity for success.

Indeed, we cannot control many things that will happen, but did you know there is one thing within each of us that can drastically improve our chances of success and a truly happy year?

I recently read that this one thing is “… seldom considered, though it does more to influence everything about us than virtually any other thing in life. It often controls the time we get up in the morning, the time we go to sleep, what we eat and drink, and the very thought that runs through our heads. It can make us either happy or sad, loving or hateful, cheerful or remorseful, congenial or spiteful, and in doing so, control the very capacity that we have for success.

“When its impact on our life is considered fully in our every thought and action, when we are mindful of its awesome power, and when we nurture and groom it for positive use in our lives, it can become more contagious than the most infectious disease. Its influence will spread to every person we come in contact with.

“Groomed and nurtured in a positive manner there will be no person or obstacle that can stand in the way of its success or fail to be impacted for the better.”

That one thing is our attitude.

I hope the stories and articles this month of January will inspire and encourage you to adopt and keep a hopeful, positive outlook and attitude at the onset and throughout the year ahead.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

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Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’scalled the present. — Bill Keane
31/12/2024

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s
called the present.
— Bill Keane

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.--Eleanor Roosevelt
30/12/2024

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
--Eleanor Roosevelt

Weekly StoryPuzzle PiecesBy Nyx MartinezWhen everyone sets off fireworks at midnight on New Year’s Eve, do you celebrate...
29/12/2024

Weekly Story
Puzzle Pieces
By Nyx Martinez

When everyone sets off fireworks at midnight on New Year’s Eve, do you celebrate in vibrant cheer? Or does the clock’s chime bring a kind of melancholy as you silently ponder the future? As the shouts “Happy New Year” ring out, is it a joyful moment for you? Or is it tinged with anxiety about the future?

Last year, it was all a little hazy to me. We wished each other the best with the usual buzz of a New Year’s celebration, but as I tossed in my bed later, I wondered what was in store for me.

I was excited about many future prospects; I knew that change was in the air. I was on a high and a low at the same time, and while on the verge of making decisions, couldn’t quite come to any.

The following days of uncertainty stretched into a week, then two. I pondered, procrastinated, and prayed. A lot. To no avail.

Then one day, a package arrived in the mail. Along with clothes and chocolates, my aunt had sent me a child’s puzzle.

Amused, I laid it aside to give to my little brother.

When four-year-old RJ saw it, he excitedly took the box into another room to open it. Soon, though, he was back—and he was in a frenzy.

“The puzzle has no picture!” he exclaimed. “You have to draw the picture!”

“What?”

“The puzzle has no picture!” RJ repeated.

Looking closer, I realized it was one of those do-it-yourself puzzles, and so, at RJ’s insistence, I drew a picture on the not-yet-disassembled puzzle. He was overjoyed.

Just when I thought he would leave me alone, RJ said, “Now you have to help me do it!”

He scattered the pieces on the floor, raked them into a pile, spread them out again, and sat there, arms crossed, cheerfully confident that I would do the work for him.

I hesitated but eventually gave in. “Okay, we’ll do it together,” I said. “It’s easy!”

I had intended for RJ to color the picture before he took the puzzle apart, but he hadn’t. The pieces were a mess of black and white lines that didn’t seem to fit together. But RJ wouldn’t be deterred.

I showed him how to find the corner pieces first, then the edges, and then to hunt for pieces where elements of the picture were recognizable—eyepieces over here with nose pieces, leaf pieces with flower pieces, etc.

Bit by bit, it started to come together.

I watched as RJ slowly found and fitted each puzzle piece into its proper place. He sometimes shook his head in frustration. Other times he threw up his hands in exasperation
and said aloud, “Aw, that doesn’t go here!”

Each time he was convinced there was something wrong with the puzzle itself. Time and again I had to reassure him that the pieces would indeed all fit together once he had each one in the right place.

“It’s all part of the same picture,” I would say. “We just need to find where it goes.”

It took a half hour before the picture of a cat playing in a garden was completed, but when it finally was, a look of smug satisfaction spread across RJ’s face.

I was smiling too because right then I understood that I was like a little child, trying to sort out the puzzle pieces of my life, getting confused and frustrated, wanting to say I couldn’t do it.

All those pieces are part of the same puzzle, whispered a gentle inner voice. We just need to find where they go.

There I was, trying to get rid of parts that didn’t seem to make sense, crying out in a fit of frustration that I didn’t know what went where, when all the while that inner voice wanted to reassure me that it was going to be okay, that all the pieces would come together. It would take time, and I would have to be patient, but when all the pieces finally fall into place, I too will smile with satisfaction.

And that’s just what happened. A few days before I sat down to write this story the pieces all came together.

Today I look at the puzzle of the next year and I am excited! Things are already beginning to fall into place. I’m sorting the corners and the edges. I’m seeing something unfold before my eyes. I have learned that all the pieces are needed.

And yes, it’s going to be a beautiful picture.

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world wo...
29/12/2024

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
— Cesar Chavez

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold! —Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
28/12/2024

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold!
—Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Christmas is forever, not for just one day.For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put awayLike bells and lights and tin...
27/12/2024

Christmas is forever, not for just one day.
For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
Like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.
—Norman Wesley Brooks

Open your presents at Christmas time, but be thankful year-round for the gifts you receive.—Lorinda Ruth Lowen
26/12/2024

Open your presents at Christmas time, but be thankful year-round for the gifts you receive.
—Lorinda Ruth Lowen

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. —Janice Maeditere
25/12/2024

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.
—Janice Maeditere

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