I apologize for the lack of communication over the past couple of days. I went home for Easter, and I did not have an internet connection. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. Let’s get back to today’s Morning Motivaiton…
I always love sitting in my dad’s office. It is full of positive reinforcement. He has filled the walls of his office with words of wisdom from hundreds of people who have had an influence on him. When I step into his office, I feel as if my motivational batteries get recharged.
On this particular visit to my dad’s office, I ran into a short passage on his wall entitled “Expect the Best”. I do not know where he got this passage, not do I know who wrote it, but it portrays just the attitude we need to have when we wake up each morning. Here it is:
“What’s exciting about life is that every morning offers a brand-new day with unlimited possibilities. Yesterday’s mistakes and regrets belong to yesterday. Today is a clean slate, a chance to start over, to do or become anything you want, a chance to go for it! So, jump into life with both feet! Go forward, head held high, expecting the best… you may be surprised at how often that’s exactly what you’ll get.”
When I saw this passage, I immediately took it from my dad’s wall and made a copy for myself. Each day is a new opportunity to do great things. I like looking at each day as a “clean slate” because yesterday’s mistakes are behind us. We can’t change them. We can only learn from them and apply this new wisdom as we write another page in our life today. If yesterday was great, today is a chance to build on that greatness, to climb even higher towards your goals.
If you expect great things, great things will happen. It is kind of like the movie “Field of Dreams” from which comes the famous line “If you build it, they will come.” If you build a foundation for success, success will come. Continue to build your foundation through your workouts, putting in the sweat and hard work necessary and developing the attitude you need to persist to the finish line. Expect the best from yourself.
TODAY’S WORKOUT:
Warm-up 1 mile
Run 4 miles
Cool down ½ mile
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