Daily Truth Jan. 5, 2022
How you start your day will determine how it ends.
How you start your day will determine how it ends.
As I sent my husband and daughter out the door early this morning, bellies with a touch of protein in them to keep them sharp and energetic, I gave my dog a nuzzle as I passed by her cozy bed, her belly full and ready for more sleep, I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude. I am so grateful for my peaceful mornings. So much so, I go to bed anxious to wake up in order to experience this peaceful time of day again. My life wasn’t always this way.
I spent the greater part of two decades scrambling around in a frantic rush in the mornings during my 20’s and 30’s. Snoozing my alarm several times, barking orders at my daughter to “get going or she’s going to make us late!”; as if a 5 year old is responsible for determining if we get someplace on time! Yeah right, that’s another article in and of itself. I complained of never having enough time and typically ended my day frazzled and irritated. I look back on those years now and wonder who the person behaving like that was?
Thankfully, in my quest for infinite personal growth, I figured out how to stop behaving like an imbecile. I figured out how to take charge of my day by taking charge of my mornings. It only took me about 17 years to figure it out, so that’s not half bad.
When I sat down this morning, in my favorite corner of my home, a place I planned with thoughtful intent to create a peaceful setting, to do my morning meditation, prayer, reading and writing, I opened one of my books to find this…
“Let all of your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.”
Eloquent words to describe what it took me all these years to figure out. The very thing I have be speaking and teaching on in the EML Academy to kick off the new year. Set a focus, a meaningful focus for your life and work downwards from there into the necessary actions to achieve that end. It had never dawned on me however, this is exactly what needs to happen at the start of each day. I was doing it, without actually realizing it. But this morning, I found the words…
Start your day how you want it to end. Focus your energy and efforts at the start of each day with the desired end in mind. Do you really want to end your day exhausted, irritable, and feeling defeated by all you didn’t accomplish? Or would you rather end your day at peace, with a sense of accomplishment and enthusiasm to hit it again tomorrow?
If you want your day to end well, start looking at how it begins.
