Getting Up to Embrace the Day

As the first blog on this site, I thought I'd let you get to know my vision for LifeWorthy, just like you get to know your day. Mornings are wondrous things. They are a new beginning, a clean slate, but the way you approach mornings can have an impact on how your day progresses.

I have great respect for "morning people." My father is one of them. They wake up and within minutes they are fully aware and ready to face the day. I can probably count on one hand the mornings when I've woken up before my father, and normally he's had a pot of coffee and done a devotional or bible study before I ever crack my eyes open. My husband is not a natural morning person, but once that alarm has gone off, he is already thinking about his day. He contemplates everything that needs to be done, plans his to do list (and mine), and identifies any potential potholes in our daily path. He gets up and by the time he's showered I just might have opened my eyes. I, however, am a dreamer. While the men in my life are starting their days, I am still enjoying the quirky movie that my mind has created for me behind my eyelids. When I do find myself upright and moving, I remind myself of Frankenstein's monster for a while, unable to verbally communicate outside of grunts and sighs.

My goal every day is to live LifeWorthy. I want to love every moment of my day, accepting every success and blessing, and even embracing the struggles and identifying them as an opportunity for growth and change. The first step to this every day is facing the morning. As I said, I'm not a "morning person," so my first challenge is to identify a way to awaken my heart and mind along with my body.

I have found two things that help me, and no, neither one is coffee. When I wake in the morning, my brain is dead so speaking is a no-go, but I can first give my husband a kiss (on the neck or back since, well, morning breath, ew) and smile. My smile may be shaky or small, but I make an effort to smile sincerely. Second, I can read something uplifting. Sometimes this is an old journal entry of a good day, sometimes it is a text message from my 12 year old stepson, and sometimes it is a Bible verse. Sometimes it is a poem, and sometimes, sometimes it's my favorite story.

Interacting with my spouse in a positive way awakens my heart, and engaging my mind on a positive message awakens my mind. I find that if I fail to do either of these things, I have difficulty facing the unknown aspects of my day.

So wake up, find a positive interaction and a positive engagement. Then, as you're putting your clothing on, face the day with positive attitude.

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Image Attributes:

"Colored Sky" by Kate Novian

“Halloween Flat Icon. Frankenstein” by Sira Anamwong, courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net Image ID.

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