Welcome to my daily post on my 30 day practice of morning and evening Affirmations Anthem as suggested by Jon Acuff in his book, “Soundtracks.” It is day eight.
Day 8 feels like a good place to be. It means 14 mirror to me sessions morning and night saying positive, forward thinking thoughts. By Day 8 I’m up early asking myself, “I wonder what else I could add to the script?”
What significance does that hold, in my opinion? It means I’ve squarely landed in the normalizing of such a practice and have now entered into the openness of asking, “How can I up level even as I’m up leveling? How can I make this practice even more effective than it already is?”
I think that’s a really good sign. It shows that this new habit isn’t just a “have to” that feels weighty and pressing, it’s a habit that feels good, light, and strong. When a goal enters into the realm of good, light and strong, then there’s a shift from endurance being the motivating factor to commitment and curiosity as the motivating engines.
It’s a big day over here. Tomorrow starts a week long Vacation Bible School at my church and I’m the co-director. Today is completing all the final prep and decoration for tomorrow morning’s start. In the past, such a day would signal panic, urgency, stress, worry. I don’t feel any of those things. Instead, I am excited to get to work, I will be glad to use the day productively, if stuff doesn’t get done, then it doesn’t get done and VBS will start tomorrow no matter what. Such a feeling of groundedness is one million times more preferable than the alternative. Life becomes a nice thing to do instead of a punishment and that, my friends, is the goal. High five.