To Be or not to….
If you’re like me – and most people I know – you start your day with a “To Do” list. Your list might be written …. or maybe you just carry it in your head (too dangerous for me … too much gets lost). I write my list to help me remember it and for the joy of crossing things off and getting a sense of accomplishment.
Today I invite you to begin your day with a different kind of list: a “To Be” list. It is easy to get caught up in the demands of work and family and life in general … and all the things we need to do to make life work for us and those we love.
Instead of focusing on all the things that you need to do today … or this week … or this month … imagine how your life might be different if you intentionally thought about how you are going to BE today. (Like A.A., let’s just take this one day at a time.)
When you first get up, how do you want to be with your spouse or your children. If you live alone, then skip on to how do you want to BE at work, with your colleagues. As you think about the events of your day, how do you want to BE in each of those circumstances? If you showed up with your “best self,” what would that look like?
How do you want to be as you check off the things on your “To Do” list?
I’ve learned that when I begin the day thinking about the people I will encounter, and I make a conscious decision about how I want to BE, my day goes better. I feel more “in charge” of myself. Rather than letting the circumstances of my day control how I am, my resolve about how I want to be controls me.
We each have an Inner Magnificence, so here’s my invitation … just for today:
Before you begin “doing” your day, make a conscious decision to live from your Magnificence. Make a conscious commitment about how you are going to BE.
Take charge of your being … Let your magnificence control how you go through the day … choose to BE your best self, not matter what you are doing.
Admittedly, sometimes it will be more challenging than others, but the extent to which you choose to be your best self is the extent to which you’ll be able to say …. “I feel good about being me!”
Now … on to my “To Do” list for the day!
