MAKE TODAY AND EVERYDAY A BREAKTHROUGH DAY!
How we use our three most precious resources, Time, Energy and Attention, to create our beautiful new life of love, joy and service.
THE DAWNING LIGHT—Daily Journal of Transformational Writing
Volume 8, Issue # 837 for Monday, March 18, 2024
SPIRITUAL SOUP KITCHEN Section # 140 Stories by Chinmayan to inspire you to use all your relationships and the challenges and blessings of daily life as vital opportunities for spiritual growth
All images in this story courtesy of Pixabay
ITS TIME TO MAKE TODAY and EVERY DAY A BREAKTHROUGH DAY!
Even though it is cloudy and overcast outside, I woke up knowing that today is going to be a breakthrough day.
I can almost feel the earth shifting under my feet as I proclaim this powerful affirmation.
I Am grateful for all the positive changes that are happening now, today and everyday.
Our lives, and the growing love we share with each other, is getting more amazing and wonderful by the minute.
The quality and trajectory of our lives is shaped by the choices we make…and one of the most important choices we have to make every day is how to use and what to do with our three most precious resources…our time, energy and attention.
Since I want to make the most out of this grand opportunity of life, I know I must live intentionally.
To me this means making choices consciously and constantly looking for the better, clearer way forward…and being ready to make changes when they are needed.
It means learning from my mistakes and applying what I learn to improving how I live and work and relate with others.
It means doing things deliberately, but mindfully and prayerfully,
MY INTENSE WORK SCHEDULE on the “Night Shift”
My crazy work schedule for writing, editing and publishing “The Dawning Light”
For all the months since launching “The Dawning Light”, I have been doing the writing, editing and publishing during the night…usually working from 10 pm straight through until 5 or 6 am.
It takes that long to reach that magic moment when the current issue is fully cooked and ready to send out into the world by hitting the “Publish to Everyone” button.
Then, I would take a prayer bath and finally stumble off to bed and a deep sleep until waking up for whatever needed to be done the next day.
I kept up this insane work pace because I know how important it is to keep a reliable and consistent publishing schedule….and the hours of the night were the only ones where I had uninterrupted stretches of time.
To my credit, keeping our publication schedule is so important to me, that I have missed only one issue (when I was having a major back attack).
Every night,I have pushed through every obstacle—such as exhaustion, computer and internet problems, accidentally erasing just finished stories, and many more…and just kept on keeping on through the hours, no matter what, to reach the goal.
But staying up all night to work on this labor of love has been rough on me and rough on our relationship too because Ani is on a more normal sleep pattern. We have had to wait until I get up to share our mornings together…
I am now taking steps to shift this to a much more sane and sustainable schedule, with Ani’s support.
Making positive changes is simple when they are necessary and timely.
Last night, I started work on “The Dawning Light” in the early evening...and was able to publish the day’s story five hours earlier that I had in months.
I was rested and had plenty of physical and mental energy, which made the work much easier.
After my prayer bath, I went to bed in the wee hours and had a deep sleep.
This morning, I was able to get up, have my precious espresso and get busy with writing, meditation and prayer by 8:00 am.
A full day is ahead, ready and waiting for me to use as I choose.
I am sitting here awash in WOW!
It is wonderful to be fully up , awake, alert, energized and excited this morning.
We have ambitious plans for this day, as we pivot into new directions. I love the power flowing through my mind, my body, my heart and my spirit as I keep affirming…
“Today and everyday from now on is going to be a breakthrough day!”
Original Revelations Poem and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
A SWEET and WONDERFUL KIRTAN FOR YOU!
A Love song to God in English written by Paramahansa Yogananda, and sung with heart melting devotion by Shakti Deva
“Come Listen To My Soul Song” by Yogananda, sung by Shakti Deva
Image Credit: Still Mountain Dharma Center
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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
“When God is the center and focus of my life, everything else falls into it’s rightful place.”
—Chinmayan
“May radiant beauty and peace surround us wherever we go as we breakthrough to our own higher levels of being…”
—Yeshe Gyamtso
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