I will start this day differently than others. I will look clearly at the morning. I will walk out with my cup of coffee, and take some time to look at the flowers and the trees. I will see the weather, and look to see what weather is coming for the next few days. I will recognize the season, and see what the next few weeks will bring. I will experience the clarity of my head this morning, and how that is different from how things used to be. I will appreciate the changes that I have made in my life to make this clarity happen. Mornings used to be different. I will make some small difference in my world today. I will make some small difference in someone else's world today: my daughter's, my son's, my friend's? Yours? I will change my pattern of behavior again today, and it will be better. I will make a list today of the things I have done, instead of making a list of the things I should do. I will look at other people in a different way today, and that way will be positive--not judgmental or hostile. At the end of this day I will count what I have done, count the days gone right, and not dwell on or count the days that didn't measure up to my expectations. At the end of this day, I promise, I will look at my children and see what they have done right, not wrong, and I will tell them about it as they are lying sleepy in bed. That will ease their day and help them sleep well. At the end of this day I promise, I will look at what I have done right, too. That will ease my day and help me sleep well. Then, tomorrow.... I will look clearly again at the morning. No matter how grey the sky.
