What Did You Do Right Today?

What did you do right today? Don't think. Just answer. I'll bet you can't. Not without thinking about it. Like most people, you're preoccupied with getting the kids dressed, feeding all the animals including the dear domestic other, getting yourself cleaned and dressed, getting to work on time (especially because they left you with an empty gas tank), getting the bills paid, running, running, running, running.

We live most of our lives set to "next." The next task, the next appointment, the next bill, the next meeting, the next class, and on and on.

Occasionally, we need to dial back to "now." Pull the car over from this grand road trip. Get out, stretch your legs. Put your hands on your hips, lean back and take a deep breath. Get a load of that scenery! Take it all in. Get a 180. Look all around you. Look back where you came from; check out what's on either side of you. Shade your eyes, squint, and see how far ahead you can see right from where you're standing.

Now check out the car. Walk around it. Kick the tires, check the tread.

Now that I've belabored the analogy, I think you get my meaning. No matter how sure you are of where you're going, don't forget to take a break and just get a feel for now. Does the course you're on feel right no matter what the map says? How do you feel physically? Have you noted how much progress you've made?

No matter how confident we are in our ultimate success, and no matter how much we tell ourselves that the journey is as important as the destination, we want to see success. The spirit can live on hope alone. The flesh needs to occasionally see results and progress.

It's a waste of time (not to mention discouraging!) to focus only on what task you didn't get done, or what chore is still on your list. Right now, we're looking at now.

So for just this moment, instead of looking at where your light didn't shine today, ask where did it shine? What did you do right today? This is no new age feel-good theory. It's common sense. You can't do more of what's right if you don't know what right looks like to begin with.

Once you start looking to see where your light shined today (and everyday), you will discover a whole side of yourself you never knew about. But that's another subject for a future post.

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