Everyday is a new day.  We established that premise in prior posts.  Regardless of the trajectory of life, you get a fresh start daily.  I know, life can be drudgery, mundane, passé and so yesterday.  Right, let’s put an end to the dour portion of our program brought to us by “cloudy days” when the dark cloud keeps the silver lining hidden.

Why do we have to approach daily routine as, well, routine?  This is your life.  I think it’s your life.  It’s your life, right?  You may not be able to alter the direction of traffic or the flow of the tide but you can influence the direction of your life.  Free will – no not an offering of legal service for estate planning purposes – is alive and well.  You've got to feed and nurture it.  Ignore it and those emotional muscles will atrophy.  Ignoring should not be a valid choice in this equation.

Step up and make a difference.  The silver lining exists.  Some clouds are thicker than others.  Keep moving, progressing and getting beyond.  Stagnation is the province of the resigned, those who have surrendered.

“Your terminology makes life sound like a fight.  I’m not much of a fighter.”

Sure, sometimes there are struggles, skirmishes and you may emerge with a few emotional nicks and cuts.  Did you expect life to be peaches and cream or strawberries and ice cream? You know better.  Fantasies aren’t bad but their place is not necessarily in the measurement of reality. 

Back to cloudy skies - the barometer of your life probably resembles the barometer that assists weather people to predict.  Low barometric pressure indicates precipitation or other atmospheric disturbances.  High barometric pressure indicates lack of precipitation – potentially sunny skies.  Get my drift?

Now, back to free will.  You choose every day to participate or observe.  Being an observer probably means others are exerting undue influence over your day. Is that how you want to live?  I didn’t think so.

You may be asking if your scribe has been releasing helium into her immediate vicinity.  Being upbeat, positive, forward or ahead of the curve doesn’t take much more energy than standing aside and allowing the influences that affect you to march past.  You’ve got to decide to begin.  I’m not promising smooth, effortless experiences; not in the early stages.  As you exert more influence I promise things will get easier.  Desire to be involved will come naturally, with less effort and will yield progressively more results.

Join the fray, feel energy coursing through you.  Awaken from your slumber, be strong, be bold, be active and be successful.  Build your life’s road one course of bricks at a time, paving the way, the journey sometimes smoother and most times on firmer footing.

Have a wonderful day.

Love and hugs, Nikki DeCaro