Talk about the a day of potential. Every year we all wait to see what some little groundhog will say about the next 6 weeks. Sun or Clouds determine if we all get excited about the coming Spring or feel a little down knowing that Spring will be a little late.
Year after year we wait and hope for an early spring and most years it seems like many of us are disappointed in the outcome. Did you know that 9 out of 10 times this little guy sees his shadow and runs back into his tree? Yep, we all get one chance in 10 that he will predict an early spring and make us all feel excited. Whoa, I am not sure I like those odds so I think I better take my next six weeks into my own hands.
What if every morning when you woke up and looked outside you determined what your next six weeks were going to be like? Would you get excited or would you be disappointed?
What if every morning when you woke up and looked outside you were determined that the next six weeks of your life were going to be the best, most positive and most purposeful you have ever had? Would that excite you?
The reason I ask these questions is because we have a choice. Each of us, every day, have a choice on how that day, week, month, year, or lifetime is going to be.
Yesterday I chose confidence and knowledge and I escorted George (remember my little Gremlin) out the door. I sat in a room all morning and afternoon listening to the frustrations of others and my confidence increased even more with every hour. I had a choice. I could have taken the 9 out of 10 days groundhog approach and ran back into a hole, or I could have been my own predictor of my hour, my day, my future. I had a choice. Each of us do. Every moment, every hour, every day, every week, every month and year and yes, every lifetime.
So chances are Old Phil saw his shadow again today and he is predicting 6 more weeks of winter. As I always say “Bring it On”. It doesn’t matter.
What does matter is my personal predictions for the next 6 weeks. Here they are.
1. I am going to work hard every day to be a positive influence for those around me.
2. I am going to commit to the work I need to do and achieve the goals I have set.
3. I am going to look for opportunities every day to pick myself up rather than put myself down.
4. I am going to live every day knowing I have a choice on my behaviors, thoughts, actions, and attitude.
What are your personal predictions? Are they positive and purposeful?
Happy Groundhog Day or better yet Happy YOU Day!
Well, Janice started her positive day very early...wow.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to having surgery, and I do not mean that sarcastically. I really, really look forward to having a new knee put in because I look forward to all I will be able to do once this knee heals. I look forward already to next winter because I have re-discovered my love of cross-country skiing. And I look forward to climbing mountains again because I will be able to come down (right now I'm able to go up real well, but unless I sit down, I can't walk down--too much stress on the knee). Yes, I have a choice to maintain my positive outlook or get nervous and cranky about this surgery and the long recovery. But in my mind, in my daydreams, I’m already skiing through the new snow feeling the cold air on my cheeks and smelling the luscious scent of the pine trees. These daydreams will help me stay positive as I heal and develop my new knee.