You know that feeling when your alarm goes off and you immediately feel dread? That here we go again thought before you sit up to face the day. What happens in that exact moment when your feet hit the floor and the day begins for you? Lately, because I have been busy with things that do not spark joy and the weather is gray and nippy, my least favorite weather of all, I find myself setting my mouth and grumping out to start the coffee. The abyss of the San Francisco fog fills my living room / dining room windows and that soupy gray feels like my life. But that is what I choose. I can change my mind. I can make my delicious Martha & Bros coffee, top it with half and half and get ready to take my pups for their morning walk and I can breathe in lightness and purpose. I can choose to face the day like my doggies do – with excitement and unconditional love. I can be eager to begin. As the author Annie Dillard wrote in The Writing Life, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.” I want to be living better, more contentedly, moment by moment and so I make my mind up to do so.
Too Real Tuesday Writing Prompt ~ Write your best day and then resolve to live it. Include your intentions of how you want to live your moments and your hours and your life and choose that over and over again.