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Orison Swett Marden - "Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com. Welcome to the Daily quote, the
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, and let's dive into today's
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  quote from Orson Sweat Martin, founder of Success magazine and
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  a pioneer in personal development writing.
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  He once said every tomorrow has two handles.
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  We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety or by the
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  handle of faith. 2 handles, same tomorrow.
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  Your choice which one to grab. Martin's saying something
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  profound here. Tomorrow isn't determined yet.
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  It has potential, possibility. It could go many different ways,
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  but how you approach it, which handle you grab, shapes what
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  actually happens. The handle of anxiety says what
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  if it all goes wrong? What if I fail?
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  What if the worst happens? When you grab that handle, you
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  approach tomorrow defensively scared, hesitant, looking for
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  threats, and expecting problems. And guess what?
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  You find problems because that's what you're looking for.
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  That's what the anxiety handle shows you.
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  The handle of faith says what if it goes right?
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  What if I succeed? What if the best happens when
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  you grab that handle? You approach tomorrow openly
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  confident, ready, looking for opportunities and expecting
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  possibilities, and you find them because that's what you're
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  looking for. That's what the faith handle
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  shows you. Same tomorrow, different handle,
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  different experience, different outcome.
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  Here's what's powerful Marden isn't saying tomorrow is
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  predetermined. He's not saying just believe and
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  it will work out. He's saying you get to choose
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  your approach, and your approach changes what you see, how you
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  act, and what becomes possible. Anxiety narrows your vision.
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  You see threats, so you play defense, so you miss
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  opportunities and your fears often come true.
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  Faith expands your vision. You see possibilities, so you
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  take chances, so you create opportunities, so your hopes
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  often come true. The tomorrow hasn't changed, but
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  which handle you grab determines which version of that tomorrow
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  you experience. So here's the question.
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  Which handle are you grabbing hold of right now?
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  Are you approaching tomorrow with anxiety or with faith?
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  Because the tomorrow exists either way.
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  But which handle you choose determines which version of it
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  you will experience. Choose the faith handle and see
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  what happens. That's it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now.
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  But I'll be back tomorrow, same pod time, same pod station with
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  another daily quote.