Every Day Can Be a Great Day

Most people wait for a great day to happen to them.

I don’t think that’s how it works.

A pretty good day is usually built out of a bunch of little things that don’t seem particularly important while you’re doing them.

Wake up and find something you’re grateful for.

Doesn’t have to be profound. Some mornings coffee qualifies. 😄

Move your body.

Walk. Stretch. Do some Qigong. Work in the yard. Take a class. It doesn’t matter nearly as much as getting up and using the thing.

Drink some water.

Eat real food.

Take a break when you need one. We’ve somehow turned exhaustion into evidence that we’re accomplishing something. I’m not convinced.

Do something you actually enjoy.

Talk to somebody you like.

Go outside.

Laugh at something stupid.

And when the day doesn’t go the way you wanted, which happens with irritating regularity, don’t decide the whole day was ruined.

That’s important.

A great day doesn’t have to be a perfect day.

Something can go wrong at 10:00 in the morning and you still have a whole lot of day left.

I think we give circumstances too much authority sometimes.

We wait for the weather to cooperate. For our body to feel better. For somebody else to be in a good mood. For work to settle down. For life to quit throwing things at us.

Good luck with that.

Life is going to keep being life.

But there are still things you can do today that make today better.

None of them are particularly complicated.

Most don’t cost anything.

And you don’t have to do all of them.

Just do something that moves the day in a better direction.

Then maybe do another.

That’s usually how a great day gets built.