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"We control what we look at. Start looking at
what you can control."
~Brook Noel
Good
morning!
Often when we desire
change in our lives it is at a time when we feel completely
OVERWHELMED! Because we feel overwhelmed with life, we desire change.
It is a catch-22 since the change we desire is hard to reach because we
feel so overwhelmed. Welcome to the number one reason that people start
to change, and
also the number one reason most people fall off the wagon.
That is why
the MTM program begins with SELF. It begins with the GOOD
MORNING, the positive messages. We begin with steps that build "us up"
versus tear us down.
There is a great story in
Level Six Performance by Stephen Long about how a hammer isn't actually
a tool until someone picks it up. Until that point it is just a funny
looking shape; may as well be an art object. The hammer doesn't derive
purpose as a tool until someone uses it. I have heard a similar analogy
with the postage stamp. Until you put it on something, it is just a
little square piece of paper. We can buy all the tools in the world,
look at them, study them, but they don't actually become tools until we
start USING them.
Now, to keep going with
our hammer analogy... Imagine that you had never properly used a hammer
before, so you sign up for a building class. Your first assignment is
to go build a house. How do you think that would work?
I don't think it would work real well. Why? Well, not only do you not
have any practice with the hammer, a house would also require many
other tools that you likely don't have experience with. So now you have
to master the hammer--and more! I don't know about you - I mean I am a
persistent gal, but I think even I would drop out of that class.
But what are many of us
trying to do? We are trying to BUILD HOUSES without first mastering one
tool! I hope when you look at it in this perspective it gives you a
fresh point of view. We need to stop overwhelming our selves by looking
at the whole picture. On any given day, if any of us were to look at
the whole picture of life, surely it is overwhelming. So why look at
it? It only paralyzes us and stops us from making any progress in the
only place where we can be effective -- today -- right now!
Your Turn:
Instead of looking at the whole picture,
focus in on a single area.
Ask: WHAT CAN I DO RIGHT NOW
THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE? And then take that little step, and another
little step, and another little step. There will always be things that
aren't done - but today we both have 24 hours (less sleep time) to do
what matters. Let's get it done.
Your
Affirmation:
Today I focus my attention and energies on
what matters and where I do the most good.
Good
Morning Book and Coffee Mug
Good Morning: 365
Positive Ways to Start
Your Day by Brook Noel
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