The Daily Do

Mornings come with the choice of push forward or shrink. See the whole world before you as possible choice or the sack cloth of ‘here we go again’. How we perceive what’s to come decides how we act through our day…are we open eyed wonder and 'Yes, yes I can!' or 'Let’s get this day out of the way.'? Hard work can seem daunting but ‘hard fun’ terms it best if you’re aiming to do what you love, bring passion to all that your hand turns to today, and the work part will simply dissolve.

The rocky terrain of 'wellbeing' words can block true meaning with cliche and platitude, so we must find meaning beyond the overuse of truly powerful words like 'courage' and 'gratitude'. For you to hear them as your own, to take these words and apply them to your life alone, absorb them and reframe your day. One word absorbed and felt deeply has far more meaning than shallow quotes. Words only impact our lives when we feel them as our own.

Break down your dreams into realtime goals and then goals into a plan. Only a plan of action can change you from ‘I want to be’ to ‘I am’. No matter what your dreams, they’re only dreams without this plan, so chart your course in one week slots, seven days of ‘Yes, I can!’ Seven days is just enough to set out plans that you’ll achieve. Write them down then get them done, build the sure road to your dreams! 

Sometimes what you’re not looms larger than all the things you are, and on those days we don’t aspire and grow, we shrink to fit the scar. Forgive yourself your faults and feel the freedom from the baggage that tries to define your story, stop beating yourself up, see in you the good, and in what you do, the glory. Feeling good propels itself, and feeling bad the same; you’re doing all right, you’re doing well, forgive yourself and sail.

Change is just another word for growing and becoming you. So embrace change, face your fears and get out there, show up, join in and do. When we show up and stride past fear the life we gain is stronger, we feel fulfilled and more complete. Life will give you what you strive for, it couldn’t be more clear than that…your courage is your compass, your faith in you is your map.

Do you want to make REAL progress? Focus on using small wins to ignite joy, engagement and creativity and give these daily goals all you’ve got. Satisfaction comes not from where you are but from momentum, have you moved the dial today in the right direction? It comes from making progress not 'making it'…today you can move forward, even if just a little bit. 

Winners are winners before they’ve won, the winning is just the result. They won in the moment of “I can do my best, today”, not as they crossed that finish line. Doing your best just today, in spite of your troubles, is the secret to all you can become. Then you are that winner that’s winning long before you have won.

Happiness and contentment are created in the way that you behave, it’s not a destination that one day you’ll have made. It’s in the knowing that you are being as you choose to be, in acting with integrity and authenticity. HOW you are today unlocks contentment that’s in you, now. Harmony is an action, it’s not the goal, it is the HOW. Happiness comes from harmony and this is ultimately our goal..to have our actions gloriously radiate what is in our soul.

Two frogs sit on a lily pad and one decides to leap. How many frogs are on the lily pad now, since one thought it should leave? Two. Deciding isn’t doing, the frog’s still sitting still. Until he jumps it’s all in his head, only in action are his decisions fulfilled. Once decided get into action, trust your gut and take the leap. Grab the phone, send the email, or run around the block, reinforce decisions with an action, not more thought.

What is the cunning and silent crescendo of fear that alters your destiny? Saying NO, not doing, backing off, distraction and procrastination, avoidance at any cost. It’s what we don’t do that tells the sorry tale of baffling fears, quietly enrobing us, robbing us of years of life lived fully if only we said YES! YES in the moment of decision, ten seconds of courageousness. Ten seconds is so often all it takes to conquer fear, ten seconds of "I can handle this, I’ve got this, it’s a YES from me."