Best Day Ever?!

Feeling a little saturated with negative news?  Depending on how plugged in you are to world and national events and social media, you can probably use a reset. We all need these lately. A walk on the beach, relaxing under a tree at the park, chilllin’ in your backyard with a favorite beverage. It’s healthy to step back and regroup, recenter, realign. And here’s another reason…

Tomorrow, March 20, is the International Day of Happiness. It’s a United Nations initiative that “promotes the happiness and well-being of all peoples.” Isn’t it delightful to know that people around the world are celebrating happiness?

What better day to decide to just BE HAPPY. Tune out anything less and turn up the joy, the fun, the grateful moments. Impossible, you say? NOT! But it might take some practice and some reminding.

After you read this post I challenge you to read it again tomorrow when you wake up, first thing, and before your day begins. Before you get out of bed, before any worrisome thoughts start to sneak in, before you check your email or the news and while you’re still in that quiet still sacred space of night. Take your time. Let every word sink in and any negative thoughts or images appear and fade like a shooting star. Later, read it again while you sit with your morning coffee — and without distraction, because you want to be free to let this idea resonate. After all, yesterday is done. Today is a new day! Okay? Here we go!

Best Day Ever!

Sometimes we get stuck in a pattern of thinking based on the disappointments of the past. What if that habit is creating our future? If we expect just another day of frustration or emptiness, what are the chances that we’ve allowed that expectation to set the criteria for our experience today? Yikes! What if we shake off the prediction of a repeat, recognize and honor the challenges we’ve overcome, and then declare that this day will be the best ever? Why not? It hasn’t happened yet, so why not put out the most positive vibes we can muster as a beacon for us to follow? It’s a simple switch and one we might have to repeat throughout the day to break some old habits.

Now radiating optimism and confidence we step into this day knowing how great it can possibly be and, lo and behold, we keep noticing things that prove how great this day is. Our trust in how the day unfolds rests in the knowledge that, somehow, it will be in our best interest. Not in an egotistical, all-about-me sense, but in a way that helps us see in a new light, one that helps us be our best self. That means we view events from a perspective of joy, appreciation, and an awareness of a much deeper connection among all things. When a challenge appears, we see it, not as a test or a punishment, but as an opportunity to clear, to teach, to learn, or to shift in some way. In that light, we have just opened our world for more best ever moments.

Today is the best day ever!

Everything I do, I do with a loving focus. I remember to stop, breathe deeply, and

reconnect with my loving essence. That energy flows through me and radiates from me with ease and light. I see, hear, feel, and create with trust, confidence, and gratitude. All is well in my world and it is an absolute joy to be here.

(“Best Day Ever” from my little book of pep talks “Your Light, Your Life!”)