So Mary walks into a dinner party, she’s dressed in bright colors and wearing a fedora, and her energy is so powerful that everyone at her table eyes magnetically lock in on her as she approaches. She proceeds to introduce herself like this: “Hi, I’m Mary, I’m 92 years old and I’m just gettin’ started”. And not one person at that table doubts this for even a second!
And so if Mary, at 92 years young can have this mindset, “I’m just getting started,” can YOU? This story about Mary was so profound for me that I started using it as a daily mantra, and it feels good, especially when I say it with a little swag, like I imagine Mary had. So I invite you to try it on as a morning mantra…..because it kind of is profound……you woke up another day, and according to data, nearly 150,000 people around the world did not. So the reality is you are just gettin’ started. You have been blessed with another day to create the greatest possibility of your life……. cuz it’s a new dawn, it’s new day…. (uh-oh, did I just plagiarize a song, lol??)
Actually, what if you could let the powerful lyrics sung so brilliantly by the amazing Nina Simone in this song be how YOU approach your precious days?
Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze driftin’ on by, you know how I feel
It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
It’s a new life for me, yeah
It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
It’s a new life for me, ooh
And I’m feeling good
Fish in the sea, you know how I feel
River running free, you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel
It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
It’s a new life for me
And I’m feeling good
How’s that for a powerful mindset? I am actually, weirdly, imagining Mary belting out Ms. Nina’s song, lol. In all seriousness, each morning is an opportunity to start anew, an opportunity to be the person you were born to be, an opportunity to lay down the baggage, take the armor off, and use each morning as an opportunity to tune in, tune up, and tap into a higher vibration, or a beautiful state, if you will. Just like an instrument plays better after it is tuned, the new music of our lives begins with us, intentionally, dusting off any negativity, so we are able to navigate towards more peace, love, and harmony. There really is no such thing as too late So I invite you to, perhaps, create a morning practice that aligns your mind-body-spirit in a way that has you feeling refreshed, renewed, and recharged which will, in turn, inspire others you encounter to do the same?? Win=Win! My hope is that you look out through time and visualize that you are right on time, and you realize it’s your time to be everything imaginable and that you give yourself permission to have the time of your life with this time of your life.
