IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO WAKE UP AND MAKE TODAY AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL DAY with power of an invincible positive attitude
You can make today and everyday a great day in every way by consciously choosing to generate and maintain an invincible positive attitude.
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 8, # 708 Saturday, January 13, 2024
SPIRITUAL SOUP KITCHEN Section # 110 Stories by Chinmayan about how to use challenges and blessings of daily life as your spiritual path
Top: “Sunset over Clear Lake” Bottom: “Sunrise on Still Mountain”
All images in this story by Chinmayan
ITS TIME FOR YOU TO WAKE UP AND MAKE TODAY AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL DAY!
You can make today and every day a great day in every way by consciously choosing to generate and maintain an invincible positive attitude….
When I was growing up, my grandmother would often say to me, “Son, always remember to give thanks for every morning that you wake up above ground in good health with a sound mind with a new day of living ahead of you!”
My grandmother had had a long life of hardships and challenges of every kind, and yet she was always cheerful and loving because she had learned the secret of Generating and maintaining an invincibly powerful positive attitude.
Remember today and everyday…
The moment you open your eyes after your night of sleep and dreams,
Start building your own powerfully positive attitude, with the sure knowledge
That this is the best way to begin your day…
ß“This is the day the Lord has made—
Let us rejoice and be glad in it!” Psalm 118:24
Do not allow even one negative thought to creep in—
Instead, don’t give in to the old habitual depressing thoughts
And command your mind to consciously choose to
Generate a fresh positive attitude by thinking of all the good things
In your life and reminding yourself…
A POWERFUL AFFIRMATION FOR YOU!
It is a privilege to wake up this morning
With another full day of loving possibilities
And opportunities of every kind in front of me.
Today is mine to make of it what I choose,
And I choose to make this an absolutely awesome day
In every way!
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Dawn On Still Mountain”
THE POWER OF EVEN ONE TINY POSITIVE THOUGHT
One tiny positive thought
Can be nurtured into a powerful tornado of
Expansive positive energy, words and actions…
Just like a gigantic roaring fire can be started with one tiny match.
BEWARE OF LETTING EVEN ONE NEGATIVE THOUGHT TAKE ROOT
The same can happen if you allow even one negative thought
Or feeling to take root and grow as you are waking and getting up
To start getting ready for your day ahead…
Beware of allowing any resentments, worries, upsets and especially
Angry, hurtful thoughts and feelings to get started by
Consciously choosing to not give them any attention or energy.
TRAIN YOUR MIND TO SEE ONLY THE GOOD
If you want to have a beautiful day that you enjoy and excel in,
No matter what is on your plate today…
Train your mind to see only the good in everything and everyone.
Maintaining a positive attitude is a choice
You have to make over and over again
Until it becomes your default response to life.
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Sunset on Still Mountain”
THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS UPON THE QUALITY OF YOUR THOUGHTS….
“The happiness of your life Depends upon the quality of your thoughts— You have the power over your mind, Not outside events… Realize this and you will find strength.”
—Marcus Aurelius
The quality of this day and your life,
Your happiness, your ability to love and be loved,
To be effective and make a difference at work and in all relationships
Depends upon the quality of your thoughts and emotions…
This is a key vital practice to do every single morning
If you want to be happy, and have the positive mind set
Which will then generate all the good that you desire…
Every morning when you wake up consciously decide to
No longer accept or buy into the old habitual negative thoughts and feelings
When they try to come into your mind…
Instead, free yourself from the old dead attitudes
And say to yourself…
A POWERFUL AFFIRMATION FOR YOU:
“From this day forward, I am choosing to build A new life of ever greater good for myself And everyone connected with me Based on the invincible foundation of my Positive thoughts and beliefs, words and actions! Today is my day to rise and shine!”
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
Calligraphy by Chinmayan
A BEAUTIFUL SHORT VIDEO FOR YOU….about the blessings of living in this very present moment:
“The past and the future Can only exist in our minds… We can’t live in yesterday or tomorrow… The only moment that exists is now!”
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
“When you change the way you think about things, and the things you think about change”
—Wayne Dyer
“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.” —Ram Das