Expect Each New Day to be the Greatest Day of Your Life so far?

                                                                

                                                                   

   

2014 has just come to an end. For many people it was a year they would like to forget. With the repercussions of the economic conditions, many people faced one of their most difficult years. As we move into the New Year a lot of people are hoping for a better year. For example, 2015 began on a Friday because that's the way the calendar worked out this time.
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In other years, the New Year began on a Wednesday, or a Monday. In fact, at one time or another, every day of the week has taken its turn in ushering in a New Year. But in reality, putting the calendar aside, it is simply a new day. January 1st marks the beginning of a New Year.

It is a good time to look ahead and expect better things. Many will make New Year's resolutions in anticipation and expectations of positive changes for the New Year. Of course, statistics show that many of those resolutions fall by the way side before the end of February.

I am surely looking forward to a new and better year. For me 2014 had its share of challenges; I am anticipating greater things ahead in 2015. I hope you are too. But, do we even need to wait until the end of a year to get excited and full of anticipation for a new and better year?

Again, there's nothing wrong with expecting a better year ahead. There's nothing wrong with making resolutions and affirmations for 2015. But in reality, calendar aside, January 1st is simply another day. Why not consider something. Why can't we start each new day with the same excitement and anticipation of a New Year? Why can't we start each new day expecting great things?

Thinking like that makes every day like New Year's Day, doesn't it? When you think about it, each new day is a brand new day. When you woke up in the morning, yesterday is gone. You cannot go back there. There is nothing you can change about yesterday. Tomorrow is not here yet, so you are left with today. And today is a brand new day.

Would you like to take this to another level? Would you like to raise the bar for this kind of thinking? Okay, then why not expect each new day to be the greatest day of your life so far? How about starting your day with that kind of thinking?  Others might think that it is just too much to think that big. Meanwhile, there are lots and lots of people who are happy to just get by every day. But here's a question for everyone.  

What if today turned out to be the greatest day of your life so far? Do you think anyone would object if that happened to them? Do you think anyone would regret it? Do you think anyone would wish that it never would have happened? Of course not. We really do have a choice in what and how we think. 

We chose how to perceive each new day. We can start our day and hope that somehow, some way, we can just get by and survive another day in this crazy world. We can start each day hoping and praying that it will be a good day and that nothing bad will happen.

Meanwhile, there are others who never think about the day until something lousy happens, and then they are so quick to say, "Oh boy, it's gonna be one of those days."

But what happens when you start the day expecting it to be the greatest day of your life so far? You are not just expecting to survive. You're not just hoping it will be a good day.

And even if something lousy comes up, that doesn't have to be an indication to you that it is going to be a lousy day.

When you consciously start each day expecting it to be the greatest day of your life, you are looking for and expecting great things all day long. You are refusing to let the world control you, but instead, you are taking control of your own life. You have chosen to go through the day looking for opportunities.

The key is to put your energy into what you want, not into what you don't want. Why put all your energy into focusing on what you don't want? Seems counterproductive, doesn't it? You can find those opportunities in so many areas to have a great day. You might do something for someone that truly makes a difference in their lives, and the joy you feel for doing that will be very fulfilling. 

Because of your attitude of expectation, you may find a better way to do your job that saves you time, and perhaps opens the door for a promotion. The possibilities are really endless when you choose to live your life with that kind of attitude. Am I saying that by doing this each new day will be the greatest day of your life so far? No. 

Am I saying you will never have another bad day? No. But what I am saying is that the more of a habit you get into in thinking like this, the more days you will have that will be filled with excitement. And you will begin to see and discover things you never would have before. Why? "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." 

The abundance of your life, good or bad, comes from your own heart. Where you put your consistent mental effort is what you will receive in your life. Getting excited about the New Year is a wonderful thing to do, but I like to start each new day, trusting God and expecting that this new day will be the greatest day of my life so far.