Decide right now Dear One, before you do anything else, how you are going to approach this day.

Are you going to react to it, and all of the people, circumstances and events in it, or are you going to intentionally create it? Are you going to approach it with confidence or with fear?  With trust or with doubt? With excitement or with dread?  With self-pity or with gratitude? With an open heart or a closed one? With a belief in limitations or in endless possibilities?

Think carefully about your answer Dear One, choose it very consciously, because whatever you decide right now, is going to impact every other decision that you make today, and every single experience that you have as a result.

If you want to experience real change in your life Dear One, change.

Make a different choice, take a different route, try a different approach, eat a different breakfast.

If you don’t know how to do that, if you don’t know what to change to make things better, ask for help.

If you don’t know who to ask, if you don’t know who to turn to, ask us, through prayer, mediation or even email.  Whatever works best for you.

But know Dear One, that no matter what, if you are ready to choose it, change is always available to you.

We have two requests for you today Dear One.

1. Choose words, thoughts, actions, activities, projects, and relationships that make you happy, over those that don’t.
2. Forgive yourself immediately if you needed the reminder to do so.

When you are unsure Dear One, about the decision you are about to make, take a minute and ask yourself this question:

• Will this choice, will this action, will engaging in this relationship, will moving forward in this direction, will investing my energy here, serve my greatest good?

And then don’t think about the answer, listen for it, and then you will know.

Make all of your decisions today as if there was someone standing beside you, holding your hand, encouraging you, supporting you, loving you, believing in you, cheering you on, every step of the way.

Because there is.

You have no idea just how big of a support system you’ve got working for you Dear One.

Use it.

You’ve got to make a choice Dear One.  So why not choose to be happy?

No matter what the question is, why not choose happiness as your answer?

Why not let happiness be your motivation, above all else?

There is no guarantee that when you do, that things are going to work out the way that you want them to, the way that you are expecting them to.  But, what is guaranteed Dear One, is that when happiness is guiding you, you can absolutely trust that whatever the outcome is, it will be moving you in a direction that you want to be headed.

The best thing that you can do for yourself right this minute Dear One, is to take a deep breath and clear your mind, make a conscious connection with your heart, allow the smile to rise to your lips, and trust what it is telling you.

Why be here now Dear One?

• Because the more present you are, the more you focus your attention in the present moment, the more you will see, hear, smell, taste, and feel, the more aware you will be of what is going on around you, and within you.
• And the more you understand that, the more you will understand the impact of your choices, how they make you feel, and how they are serving you (or not serving you), in the present moment.
• And the more you understand that, the more you will understand cause and effect, the more you will come to understand what is real and what is a product of your own imagination.
• And the more you understand that, the more you will be able to take responsibility for your choices, for your actions, thoughts, beliefs and behaviors.
• And more you are able to do that that, the more you will come to understand just how powerful you really are.

That’s why.

If your body is telling you that it needs a break Dear One, trust us when we tell you that you will be so much better off choosing to take it, while the choice is still yours to make.