I am awake.
A smile stretches across my face,
as my consciousness is illuminated
with a new day.
It is mine.
I can be whoever I want to be.
There are no limits here.
Only desire.
I reach for my potential,
and my promise to become
gratitude fills my heart
I am new again
Andrew Thorn
I wrote this poem today as I was thinking about a conversation I had yesterday evening. In my outgoing voice mail message I declare that it is a great day and then I invite my caller to "make it a great day" too.
For me, It takes very little effort to have a good day. I have very few expectations so I am rarely disappointed. I do not wear a watch. I usually know what I am going to do each day because I visualize it before I go to bed, but I can be flexible if a new demand is placed upon me.
I believe I can choose to have a good day or a bad day. Bad things happen to me all the time. I am blessed with an unusual ability (at least on most things) to feel the emotion in the moment and then to move on from it. It becomes harder for me to do the closer the event is to my circle of influence. I guess what I mean by this is that it is harder for me to have a good day if Stacy (The Love of My Life) is having a bad day. Especially if I am the cause of her bad day. So the farther it goes out from there, the easier it is for me to let it go.
I begin each day believing I won the lottery. My friend Marshall taught me this valuable lesson. He reminded me of the good fortune I have experienced in my life. There are many people on this planet who have more than I do. Yet, I am content with what I have. Yes – I want more – and I reach for it daily. But I am not obsessed with it. I am able to live within my means and enjoy the magic moments of life. I live life from a sharing, not a comparing perspective. This makes it easy for me to be excited for others and their many wonderful accomplishments. I do not feel threatened by the successes of others. I feel invigorated by them.
I do not focus on having a good day, I focus on living a good life and for some reason the days take care of themselves. Sure, there are times when I get mad and frustrated. Some will tell you that I am very capable of being mean and nasty when I want to be. To me, those experiences are part of life and make for bad moments but not bad days. Singing a song always brings me back to happiness so I sing a lot. It is my favorite way to overcome a bad moment. I even have different styles of music for different moments and a special song I listen to whenever I feel really down. It lifts me up and gratitude fills my heart. I am happy.
How Does It Work For You?
Is it work for you to make it a great day? Do you ever feel like it is going to be one of those days? What do you do to get out of that funk? How do you turn a day around when it starts off bad? I look forward to learning from your thoughts. Leave a comment before you go, email me or call me and we will chat.
Life is good!
Andrew Thorn
760-559-3548
andrew@andrewthorn.com
