This Is Where You Begin Again
As you open your eyes, your feet hit the ground, you step out of bed, maybe as you sit and reflect with your coffee at the kitchen table.
I want you to do me a favor.
This is something that brings me substantial peace of mind. And I’m thinking it could be of value to you as well.
I want you to take those things that you consistently think about, right? The ones that have been bothering you or troubling you consistently come up in your mind, the ones that you thought about yesterday and the day before and the day before. You know, the so-called problems, not-so-positive narrative stories about why you can’t—
And instead,
Think about each one’s corresponding ideal, what the perfect situation would look like if you could turn each quote, unquote, problem ground the perfect story, the most exciting narrative, and then ask:
What can you do today to move one step closer to the place you want to be?
How can you make those ideals real?
The reason this is valuable is because it reminds us that we are not powerless, quite the opposite. It shows you how new and exciting and untapped your future is. This is your opportunity to remind yourself that:
You are not yesterday.
You are not your past.
You are not your mistakes.
You’re not any of those things, even though our minds often trick us into believing it.
So it’s kind of like running around the same block over and over again. You become so accustomed to it that you forget you can take a right out of your stream and go anywhere you want to go, see anything you want to see.
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Every Morning Is a Fresh Start
An opportunity to connect new dots, and you can point that compass any direction you choose.
You are shackled to nothing, bound by no one, and admittedly, that can be hard to hear, right?
I remember the first time I had that realization—that most of my limits were self-imposed, that I was complaining about the work I did, the places I spent my time, and who I was spending it with.
It bothered me from the second I opened my eyes in the morning until I closed them at night—until I realized:
That I had more control than I could even imagine,
and that detaching from the past—yeah, it would hurt.
It would be scary.
Sure, I would lose some things.
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What a Story Ahead
Lightning speed. For some reason, seven point though, so messy and complex that we overlook our ability to simplify and change them.
If it doesn’t bring value to your life, you have the power to fix it. And maybe not overnight. But human beings are resourceful, resilient.
If you have an outcome in mind and you believe in it, a step in that direction, every day, will come to mean everything.
It’s defining.
So, no, this is not just an ordinary morning.
This is the beginning.
This is where you are blessed with the opportunity
to move away from the old
and toward the ideal.
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