It’s New – Day 1

A new day begins.  This one seems especially different because it is New Year’s Day.  It is a day of new starts, new beginnings, new… Well, you get the point.  It is a new day and a new year.  It can be refreshing to have a fresh start.  It can also be intimidating and overwhelming.  We want changes, but most don’t want to actually do anything for the change to occur.  It seems easier if things just stay the way they are.  This is all fine, until it’s not.  Change is hard.  And it can lead us to just giving up way too quickly.

So here’s something to consider today.  Today is a new start.   It is a day 1.  But guess what?  You have unlimited day 1 moments.  Now is always a good day to begin.  Each day we have the gift of waking up is an opportunity for something beautiful.  It is often right before us anyway.  We are just so stuck in our own rhythm of life we miss it.  We miss this is a new day with a bright beginning.  We miss how we can make small changes to begin to head in the right direction.  We can read a verse in the Bible – we don’t have to read the whole chapter.  We can eat one good meal – we don’t have to eat every meal clean.  We can walk to the mailbox – we don’t have to walk 3 miles or 10,000 steps today.  We can pray with a simple prayer of ‘help me’ – it doesn’t have to be an elaborate, well thought out prayer.  We can simply start.  And that can make all the difference.

Don’t forget, if you mess up today, tomorrow is a new opportunity.  It is a new beginning.  Tomorrow is day 1 too, if you need it to be.  Eventually you will see those days begin to build.  You will see the momentum kick in.  You will see changes happen.  It often comes in the smallest moments.  But don’t miss them. Don’t discount them. 

Finally, give yourself plenty of grace.  It won’t be perfect – life just isn’t.  Where are you heading?  That’s what matters.  Just begin.

Blessings as you start your new day, one more time.