A Day in Your Life: 17 Ways to Make it a Special Day


A day in your life is a brief and precious time to feel-to experience love, laughter, and wonder, to design and contribute your unique creations and expressions of who you are and what you want to leave behind. Today can truly be a special day in your life.

If you receive a blessing, today can be a day of thanksgiving and celebration.

If you experience failure, today can bring learning and great wisdom.

If you feel creative, today can bring new ideas that will shape many of your tomorrows.

If you have been hurt, today can be a day to extend love and forgiveness.

If you feel confusion, today can be a day to acquire new understanding.

If you feel compassion, today can offer the chance to share your blessings with those less fortunate.

If you feel alone, today can bring the assurance that you have a loving Creator who never leaves your side.

If you feel friendship, today can reveal understanding that is deeper than words that only a friend can share.

If you experience loss, today can bring God's love and comfort through kind, caring people.

If you are making a new start, today can bring the thrill of discovery and the memories of challenge.

If you feel unsure, today can offer the chance to acquire faith in your ability to make a lasting difference.

If you feel inspired, today can bring awareness of the strength in your spirit and the resolve to overcome defeat.

If you feel weary, today can provide time for rest, renewal, and rebuilding of strength.

If a door has closed on a dream, today can open a new door filled with greater blessings and bigger dreams.

If you stand at a crossroad, today can bring a decision that will influence the rest of your life.

If you feel afraid, today can bring the courage that comes by moving through fear toward love.

If you feel love, today can reflect the spirit of joy that you bring into the lives of others.

Live this day completely. Look deeply to see the colors painted by every emotion. Feel the life beneath your skin and its sustaining energy within each breath. Experience the fullness of life with gratitude today, for you are unique. May you be richly blessed on this special day!

© Copyright by Steve Brunkhorst. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Achieve! 60-Second Nuggets of Inspiration bringing great stories, motivational nuggets, and inspiring thoughts to help you achieve your top potential. Get the next issue by visiting http://www.AchieveEzine.com

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