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One Thing Every Day
Doing just one thing, every day, for yourself, is unselfish.
Today will hold many things. Some will be expected and predictable while others will be unplanned and variable. Today will be a day.
You have the ability to make certain choices that will direct your day, influence it, and could change your experience in any number of ways. Practicing mindfulness and being aware, in the moment, of your thoughts, feelings, and actions can take any given day and alter its course.
For some people this is complicated. Either they are full of doubt and uncertainty, unaware of their own empowerment, or they feel that they have no control over what happens to them.
This can be true in many ways. You can’t control what other people do and you have no control over most external factors like weather, traffic, lines, and so on.
When living in a fear-based society, too-often focusing on lack, scarcity, and just not enough, finding positivity can be challenging. What’s more, it can also feel selfish to do anything positive in the face of all the negativity you are probably seeing online, on TV, and across other media.
When you accept this as your reality, unfortunately, it will be your reality. Like attracts like and consciousness creates reality. It doesn’t…
