January 31

The chance to start over happens every second of our lives. Don't let a failure in the new year make you wait another year to try again.

Good morning! Today is an amazing day and I am going to make it just that. Something wonderful is going to happen today and I can't wait to see what it is! At some point in our lives, we experience failure. Some people may experience it on a more regular basis than you or I do. You may even be one of those people who experiences failures more regularly. But I also like to attribute failures to giving up. You may have failed exams or bad days or bad jobs or a bad marriage, but they aren't all failures unless you give up trying to accomplish the original goal you set out to do. Do you eventually pass that exam that you were trying to pass? Do you find the job you have been looking for that you really enjoy going to? Do you find that you have more good days than bad days? 

You can start anything over right now, right this second. Stop letting a bad grade, a bad relationship, a bad day actually get to you. Everything in our lives takes work to achieve. You have to work with your partner to have a successful relationship. You have to study for that exam to really pass it and know the information being tested. You have to think positive to make the bad days actually start out as good days. Life is exactly what you make of it. If you want the failure to be present in your life, then continue to embrace the failures and continue to give up on your dreams. Or you can change your life and embrace the bad stuff and make it good starting right here, right now. It's all in how you think about things if you really want to accept what it is right now, or make it what you want starting right now. The choice is yours. Make your decision and either enjoy your life or regret your life.

Now it's YOUR Turn to Reflect on This:
In your journal, list out everything you attribute to failure. Now think about these items, are they actually failures? Or are they items that you just gave up on? Starting today what are you going to do to make things different and start achieving those dreams that you had set out to do?

Today's Affirmation:
Each day is a new chance to make it right and I am accepting what is and making the best of every moment I have.