I awoke this morning to an unseasonably beautiful day. The forecast was for the temperature to be in the high 60s and nothing but sunshine. An absolute fantastic day and an opportunity to remember that anything is possible. Attribute today’s weather to whatever you want – Global Warming, a gift from God or just plain old good fortune. Anyway you choose to describe it – nearly 70 degrees without a cloud in the sky in January in Indiana is undeniably spectacular.
Impossible is Nothing When – You Can!
A day like today should be appreciated for more than its external beauty but a day like today is a reminder that just when you think something is impossible, when things seem dark, cold and uncomfortably bleak; impossible happens. I don’t know about you but I’ve been dying for some warm weather with sunshine for so long that I lost count about how long I have been longing for a day like today…and then today happens. Impossible is nothing!
In the Twinkling of an Eye – You Can!
So on today, this most picturesque day twelve of your New Year’s, remember that anything that seems dark, cold and uncomfortably bleak can be changed without a moment’s notice. You can still reach your dreams, you can still achieve your goals. However reaching your dreams and achieving your goals is all up to you. In the words of Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.”
If your New Year’s Resolution was to lose a few pounds, to get out of debt, to follow your passion and create the life you have always dreamt, to be a better parent, to find a job that is not killing your spirit, to learn to live in the moment – loving and embracing each day as if it was your last – you can do it! The starting block for all dreams and goals begins with you and the space between your ears. The most crucial factor in the realization of your dreams and goals is whether you think you can.
You Can Be The Little Engine That Could
If you THINK you can lose the weight, you’re right – you can. If you THINK you can get out of debt, you’re right – you can. If you think you can have the life you have always dreamt, you’re right – you can. If you THINK you can be a better parent, you’re right – you can. If you THINK you can find a job that doesn’t feel like a job but which energizes and excites you every day, you’re right – you can. If you THINK you can learn to live in the moment – loving and embracing each day as if it was your last, you’re right – you can. Everything that you resolve to do starts with your thoughts.
That’s why you should let the rays of sunshine and unseasonably warm weather of today remind you that even in the midst of a dark, cold and uncomfortably bleak climate, a breakthrough is always possible. Even when it may feel as though the dark, cold and uncomfortably bleak situation may have you surrounded; sunshine and warmth will show up just when you least expect.
You Can If You Don’t Give Up
Your New Year’s Resolution may feel like an utter failure already. You may have gained a couple of pounds, you might have had an emergency which required the use of a credit card, your child might be mad at you because you didn’t do something that was important to them, you might hate your job which is downsizing, you might be procrastinating when it comes to doing what you are passionate about or you might still be living life as if you have all the time in the world and as if tomorrow was promised. No matter what you resolved to do that is not going as planned, don’t you dare THINK about quitting. If the sun can shine brightly and the thermostat can reach nearly seventy degrees on a winter’s day in Indiana; you most assuredly can still reach your dreams, you can still achieve your goals. Your daily viewpoint, your perspective about life and the success of your New Year’s Resolutions are all dependent on you and your thoughts.