When our alarm clock sounds each morning we have two choices.

Choice #1:  We can lie in bed and grumble about having to get up so early.  We can allow ourselves to be filled with dread about everything we have to do that day.  We can step on the bathroom scale with a negative attitude and think about all the food we ate the day before, knocking ourselves for not finding time to exercise.

Or…

Choice #2:  We can awake with a grateful heart, thankful for the gift of a new day.  We can look at the dawn of each day as an opportunity to begin our life anew.  We can celebrate the fact that every morning we have a chance to start over, to learn from our mistakes and go after what we want.

Which choice will you make?  The morning is the anchor of our day.  That’s why it is so important to begin it with a positive outlook.  The more positive we are, the easier it will be to make the choices we need to live our lives to the fullest.  So before getting out of bed, take a few minutes to contemplate how you can spend the next 24 hours doing the following:

• Basking in the sunshine of hope.
• Swimming in the sea of possibility.
• Drinking the wild air of enthusiasm.

Encouragement Always.