The Daily Do

There’s a penny that can drop for you today, a moment of realisation and awareness that can change everything: if you really had to do something, anything, and dedicated all of your energy and time to it, you could do it. Right now, this very second, you have all you need inside. And a great big “Yes, I can and will! I can see the wealth I hold! The potential to do anything once my excuses are removed.”

Confidence and self esteem come from doing esteemable actions. We don’t think our way to confidence, it’s linked to what we’re doing. Open up, do what you do really well, your best is at your command. Confidence is realtime trust in all you have to hand. And you have so much to offer, so much if you let go, and it’s infinitely renewing in you, so believe and let it show.

Each and every one of us is put to our own test. So what we are progressing through doesn’t alter how we do it, the daily measure of ourselves against ourselves alone cuts through it. This is true for all we do, in good times and in tough. You know what you can control, and it’s often only you…believe your best is enough today and let it show in what you do.

When someone stings and anger rises there is one hugely liberating thing to do, don't think of what they’ve done but of why it’s stinging you. Don’t look outside at who is hurting you, look inside to why it hurts; how we are feeling says little about them and far more about us. It takes strength and courage to look and then accept your tender spots, but you can change the parts that are truly hurting, with everything you’ve got.

We cling onto discomfort if it’s the only raft we know, but there’s another life of comfort if only we’d let go. Let go of the guilt and shame that has us thinking life must be hard, replaced with the far more potent fuel of feeling good and being inspired. All manner of things begin to shift towards your favour when upbeat, the upward spiral of feeling good, the spring under your feet. 

When staying the same bears too much pain you are primed for change. Real change comes when you need to, when the other option isn’t one, when you down the tools of Groundhog Day and finally say, “I’m done! Done with how I treat myself when it’s certainly not a treat, done with doing things that I know harm me, yet the record’s on repeat. Done with treading water when I know the river flows, an end to planting seeds in the land where nothing grows." Do you really want a better life? It's your time to change.

Simply sit in silence with yourself for one single minute, think of what or who you’re grateful for, picture it, really feel it. From there your day is different, your starting block's on fire…you know that you have got it all, either now or in desire. Lean forward into endless possibility and more, seeing that all you have today was once desire before. By remembering your luck, what you’re thankful for and love, you can profoundly change tomorrow’s luck, by thinking, "Today, I am enough."

The week rolls out before you and already there’s lots to do. You feel it coming like a wave that’s overwhelming you. It’s not being busy that clears anxious overwhelm, it’s taking time to decide. Sit still and breathe, choose what is important, then do that one main thing on your mind. Go slow if you want powerful decisions to be made, a thousand panicked actions aren’t worth one you choose to make.

Inspiration is our energy, desire is our drive, motivation isn’t real if neither of them thrive. Fuel the day to day stuff with the steady glow of desire, melt the resistance of what you have to do with your passion’s fire. Did you ever need a nap whilst doing something that excites your heart? Find something you deeply feel for then give it all you’ve got. Switch on, burn bright, fuel your heart with what you love. This is the source of energy that carries you through the good times and the rough. 

If we wrongly think that positive means blocking out all pain, we’ve missed that it means progress and we have to start again. Not all pain is negative, we grow and live in turns and swells, and deep acceptance of our feelings is part of living well. It is not for me to know your struggles but I can share what I’ve been told and lived; denial is a poison and acceptance is a gift. The only truth for all of us is that truth itself can heal. Denial is the clawing mud, it’s not negative to feel.