Why Today Matters

Why Today Matters

Welcome back to reality.
Yup, today as we began the new academic year, it was fun to hear the noise and chatter again. What is a school without its students?

The changes have already been put in place, though it will be quite a while before we really get to see these changes taking effect. Most are good, I hope, for we really need to start off things on the right note. The tone has been set, and expectations are high.

I am doing a little reminder for myself (based on Maxwell's Today Matters)

Today...I will choose and display the right attitude (yes...yes...must appear sane)
Today...I will determine and act on IMPORTANT PRIORITIES (er...after this entry)
Today...I will eat...healthily (dark chocolate is better than milk chocolate right?)
Today...I will communicate with my family EXPLICITLY (nagging does not work)
Today...I will practice and develop good thinking (shoo...go away naughty thoughts)
Today...I will make and keep proper commitments (and not be the last minute optimist)
Today...I wll earn and manage my finances (sob...sob...Ben& Jerry's - a luxury now)
Today...I will embrace and practise good values ( patience...patience...breathe)
Today...I will seek and experience improvements(yea...my table is still clean)

If today, I act on these decisions and practise self-discipline,...then one day, I will see the compounding results of a day lived well.

There is really no short cut to success; no amount of good luck charms and amulets can guarantee us success. Life is never a bed of roses...It is those who work hard at life, that make their lives seem easy.

So, if I choose to lead my life by taking full responsibility for me, then I know that it will get me to the vision I have, of what I want my life to be.

2009 is a year of personal change...I am taking steps right now.