Monday March 21, 2022
Today be first. Be the first to smile, to say “thank you,” or to give words of encouragement. Be first to be happy, in spite of your circumstance. Be the first to surrender negative thoughts. Fighting an internal battle, being worried and sour, that’s a great way to repel the very people that are necessary to fulfill your greatest desires. The right things happen in your life, doors open for you, and things that you need freely flow to you, when you stop fighting your inner demons, and you start paying loving attention to others. People are attracted to well-adjusted, happy, peaceful, and loving individuals. If you’re fighting the raging midstream of negativity, you’ll be perceived as the enemy. How do you want people to see you today – friend of foe?
The secret is to be first. Be first to be undisturbed, and people will be eager to be with you. Be first to be joyful and funny, in spite of anything that happens to you today, and people will come to your aid when you need them. If you need help, be serene first. If you need love, be welcoming first. If you need community, be invitational first. If you need joy, be the first to smile – don’t wait for someone to be nice to you. Be the first to be nice and be first to forgive or to say “I’m sorry.”
If you want to be an advocate, be the first one to make others feel welcomed and loved. The world has enough enemies, people waiting for happiness. The world needs more friends. Most of the greatest spiritual teachers on the planet would agree that happiness begins with a choice, not with a circumstance. Choose to be a friend today. Choose joy first; chose calm first; chose love first – don’t let your negative thoughts be first, they’ll only make an enemy out of you. Be the first to be different today.