Because I can get overwhelmed easily keeping different aspects of my life on track and headed in a direction I feel good about, I must visit them daily. For example: Staying physically fit is important to me, eating properly and exercising on a regular basis ranks high up there on my scale of importance. Often times, I can fall into a pattern where I’m being less than my “best self” and going through a day without a stitch of exercise in addition to not eating healthy. Ugh. Not feeling good physically or emotionally about myself, I can easily justify continuing down that path of toxicity.

This is when I borrow from the best ideas out there and apply them to my life. One of them is: One day at a time. Don’t worry about yesterday and how it went. It’s gone and behind you. There is nothing you can do about it now. Tomorrow hasn’t happened so focus on today. Stay in the present because today is a gift.

If I get too ahead of myself and worry about how things are going to work out in 3 days, I often stumble. Focus on the moment. Stay present. It’s the only thing that is real. The now. Live there.

And accept every minute of it.

When I was 8 or 9 years old my best friend and I had a toxic relationship. He was demeaning, outrageously competitive (as was I) and not trustworthy. Unfortunately, at that age I was unable to identify what the issues were, let alone speak up, declare my boundaries and change the situation. I didn’t have the tools at that time in my life. There was one thing I knew for sure: I didn’t like the way it made me feel.

Over time, I began to understand more about who I am and how to surround myself with the kind of people that treated me the way I felt I deserved. It took quite a bit of time. Well into adulthood.

We must strive to see clearly where we are in our lives without a distorted view due to our own blind spots. Can we parcel out and identify the aspects of our lives where we’re struggling in order to clean them up and evolve?

We can indeed, but we must first be able to see clearly where our trouble spots lie.

Clarity is key.

I’ve been known to look at the small picture when thinking about my behavior, habits, actions, interactions and expected results as opposed to a more of a global, if not universal scale.

For me, there a couple of elements I find are important to remember: take your ego out of the scenario and have faith. “It ain’t all about you.” Tough to hear when . . . well, you are you. But, when you are able to stop asking the question, “What’s in it for me? (ego) You are much better off.

Pull back the zoom on your life and have faith that your intentions (assuming their pure) will find their way to your doorstep. It may not come on your schedule, but rather when you need it to arrive. Universe’s time.

Have faith.

Accepting responsibility for where you are at this point in time in your life.

Sounds logical to me. Although many of us find ways to shirk our role in our own lives due to “fill in the blank” circumstances.

I’ve done it. I still do it. I don’t like it. But, I do. I’m working on that.

Acceptance seems to be much less damaging and a proven way in which we can move forward productively. Physically. Spiritually. Emotionally.

I have found things flow to me with ease when I’m able to let go of “my idea” of how the results should be and accept whatever they will be. It’s about me, not the circumstances around me.

When we’re able to own my baggage – good and bad – and accept the outcome, it’s usually never as bad as we could have imagined. Usually it’s ten times better.

This is, of course when you don’t have any excuses.

Tapping into our most powerful tool – our minds – is paramount in our development as human beings.

I have high expectations of what I intend to do and attract and where I want to go. Understanding our brain and the undiscovered power of it is just a start.

People are using their minds to heal their bodies from diseases and injuries that were previously deemed incurable, or the use of toxic medicines or evasive surgeries.

There’s another way. Let’s dive in and make use of our greatest and most powerful tool.