September 5, 2012 - Every 24 Hours is a NEW Day!

Good morning and happy half-way-point, I am excited to see the rain again! I feel this could allow us a really good chance at a colorful explosion with the fall colors of leaves soon. FINALLY! The drought of the past several years has really affected the fall color scheme. This is actually my favorite time of year and I feel so excited for the first "wear a sweater moment" or "sit by a fire with your friends moment." Love these memories. How about you? Wanna come to my house and sit by the fire soon? :) Sometimes we feel that one day rolls into the next, one season into the next and that time gets LOST. But this is simply not true. Every 24 hours marks a NEW day. The date changes; we either lose or gain one minute of sunlight (depending on the season); a new name christens the day......it's really different. However, sometimes we are TOO busy, or TOO stressed, to pause and acknowledge the fresh start! Sometimes due to our oppression, we have no ability to see the newness of the day. SOMETIMES we try to carry yesterday's struggles and failures into the next segment of time. But today is NEW. What can you do today to let go of yesterday and embrace a NEW day? Do you need to find a NEW recipe, buy a new shirt, find a NEW place to celebrate, create a NEW memory, taste a NEW food that will bring life to your body, embrace a NEW motto, do a NEW exercise video, make a NEW friend, have your family eat dinner in a NEW place?????? Man, just typing NEW so many times brought a smile to my face. It REALLY did! Let's thank God that he created each day with a NEW start and let's do just that - start NEW! I feel some of you really need to stand up, shake off the heaviness and drop all the yucky stuff from yesterday. Reach up, smile, and grab this NEW day. It's yours my friends. It's mine. Thank you God for knowing I needed a NEW start today. PK