Voice of the Spirit

Often, waking up is more about the struggle of facing another day than feeling thrilled to open our eyes and welcome the new day.  With the stresses we all go through as well as the emotional burdens we’ve been carrying for such a long time, we sometimes dread that all we’re going to be able to do is trudge through our day.

 Here in “Spiritually Jump Start Your Day – 5 Easy Ways,” I would love to assist in getting you into the right frame of mind before you walk out the door — or even go through your email.  Just as the foundation of a house must be laid correctly to build a dream home, we all need to spiritually lay the foundation of each day correctly to manifest the day we divinely deserve.   

1-Expect a Miracle!

Yes, that’s right.  Expect a miracle today, this very day.  Why?  Because a life of miracles is naturally what we’re supposed to experience every day.  No, today is not supposed to merely be about going through the motions, as we may have formerly believed.

We know that there is something definitely wrong with us when we don’t physically feel well, so in that instance, we attempt to heal our bodies to be healthy again.  It is the same thing with our daily lives.  Mary Ann Williamson (an expert on A Course in Miracles), perhaps said it best when she indicated that something is clearly wrong in our lives if we’re not seeing miracles coming to pass daily.  A day of experiencing miracles is our natural state of being.

Conversely, it’s so easy for any of us to get so bogged down by what we’re going through that we’re just hoping to survive the day.  In that sense, we’re nowhere near thinking of some miracle that seems so “pie in the sky” and out of reach: “Will my boss yell at me?  How bad is the traffic going to be driving to work?  What problems will be there when I get home from work?” are all common things most of us have asked ourselves at the start of a day.

 However, instead of repeating those same old non-productive tapes, let’s try something new and different that will work for us.  When you wake up, affirm the following:  It is my divine birthright to experience miracles today and I now see them come to pass!  Don’t be afraid to say this affirmation multiple times as it will help to bring miracles through from infinite spirit into actual physical manifestation for you.

It is just like tuning a violin up to perfect concert pitch.  Once you get it right, the instrument is ready to play.  Remember that it’s the same thing with you!  Tune yourself up to the right vibration (which is the consciousness of expecting a miracle), and you’ll be surprised that you will experience them – this day and every day.

2-Express Gratitude

There is nothing perhaps more powerful to spiritually jump start our day than the expression of gratitude.  When you first open your eyes, be grateful that you’re alive!  Right here, right now you’re beginning to bring about a wondrous day through expressing gratitude.

When most of us first get up in the morning, our minds start to fill up and get cluttered with various thoughts and emotions: “I need to remember to get to the store.  What problems am I going to have to deal with today?  When is anything ever gonna get better for me?” are the types of things many of us state and ask ourselves.  

But what are these sentiments?  They only reinforce the so-called daily grind, as if we’re just going through the motions of another day….  What a way to get through our lives!  No wonder we’re miserable.  However, we can turn those energies around, and instead, feel thrilled to see what’s in store for us, knowing that it is going to be good. 

Remind yourself to take nothing for granted, because when we do, we disconnect from the divine source, where all good comes from.  Keep in mind that source is always there for us – as the endless supply of everything wondrous we can imagine and then some.  Through expressing gratitude, we plug into the eternal and endless consciousness that keeps freely supplying us with good — all day long. 

Feel free to express gratitude out loud for anything and everything that comes into your mind.  Nothing is too little or too small!  Express gratitude that you’re alive, for your money, friends, spouse, food, clothes in your closet, and for the wondrous sun which illuminates the earth.   The practice of gratitude will elevate you high above misery, depression, the doldrums, and the feeling of being weighted down by burdens and negativity.  Also, the more you express gratitude, the more you will have to be grateful for.  It is like a snowball that rolls down the side of a mountain that keeps picking up size and momentum.

Affirm the following and feel it as you say it:  I am grateful to be alive and for the continuous blessings I receive all day long!  It makes a real difference in the day ahead.  

3-Bless Others

One of the best things to do is the practice of blessing others.  It doesn’t matter who it is.  Whether it’s your family, friends, lover/spouse strangers, those you’ve had problems with, or someone you don’t even know, get into the habit of blessing others to spiritually jump start your day.  You’ll be surprised that by doing so, you will immediately feel lighter, brighter, and happier.  Also, good things will happen to you.

Remember that what we wish upon others comes back to us.  Most of us know this spiritual law, but we sometime lose sight of that fact, especially as we start our day.  When we’re in a hurry or feeling foggy, it’s so easy to just be proud of ourselves for crawling out of bed.  The last thing we’re thinking about is blessing anything or anyone as worries and concerns begin to crowd our mind.  But that’s not good enough!   

We need to get our day started in the right way, so that we are not just surviving, but will experience miracles and happy surprises.  By blessing others, we immediately set into motion the reality of bringing blessings back to us – today.  

Imagine good things coming your way all day long.  Now, it can be your reality.  Keep in mind that I’m not saying this from a point of view of faith, but rather, from actual experience, as I’ve seen it happen to those I’ve known and to myself.  Blessing others helps to bring you a miraculous day.

 Here is an affirmation to achieve this.  Name the person or persons in the blank space you’re blessing and say out loud:  I now bless______________and truly wish him/her all the miracles of life!  As with all of the affirmations in this article, I’m keeping them short and sweet, so they won’t be hard for you to remember.

With that in mind, never forget that spiritual truth is simple and not designed to fool us or trip us up, so we should never underestimate the power of simply blessing others.  Just send out these thoughts and wishes before you get involved in your day, and watch them return to you!     

4-You Have All the Time You Need

In today’s world, we hear people constantly complaining that they’re always running out of time and never getting done what they’re supposed to.  However, from a spiritual perspective, the truth is that there is always enough time to get everything done and each day is a day of completion.  In reality, you have all the time you need.

It’s a question of whether we want to look at it from the perspective of spiritual truth, or the point of view which is based on our frustrated human emotions and our prior conditioning.  With negative feelings, they are like a stampede of cattle that trample through our head and drown out our higher spiritual selves. 

We must retrain ourselves to believe that time is our ally and that completing our daily tasks is attainable.  This can be accomplished by elevating our perspective to begin to expect that we can meet our deadlines and have enough time to accomplish what we need to do every day.

Time in the spirit world is endless and eternal and provides us with all the time we could possibly need for this very day.  “Then why am I always running out of time and not getting things done?” you might ask.  It is because we’ve all gotten so used to the concept of “poverty of time,” which is that the clock is always running out on us.  With that belief system, we create the lack and limitation in physical reality that we already believe to be true in our consciousness. 

However, with the concept of an “abundance of time,” there is always enough time to get everything done today, and what a blessing that is!  We help to spiritually jump start our day by embracing the attitude that we do indeed have all the time we need and that our tasks are going to be completed.  We further reinforce this truth by saying the following affirmation:  I have more than enough time today to complete all of my tasks.  Today is a perfect day of completion!  

5-Experience The Joy Of Others

As we’ve all been hurt by others, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that people are not really here to hurt us; but rather, to help, assist, and bring joy into our lives.  If we believe that others are “bad,” then we’ll experience that reality.  However, if we are open and willing to experience the joy of others, we can manifest that instead! 

Take a moment and return to the same innocence you had as a child, where you believed that everyone was a friend.  With the power of that conviction now, it sets into motion the reality of experiencing the joy of others in actual physical reality today.

Imagine that everyone you will encounter today will be friendly, respectful and kind toward you.  People are here to help!  No one makes condescending comments or is rude.  Instead, everyone is a friend.  Does it sound too good to be true?  Well, it isn’t, and that day is yours for the taking.

Remind yourself to greet everyone with good cheer, friendliness, respect and warmth.  That lifts you above the old emotional expectations that people are negative, and that you need to be guarded and on the defensive. 

With your vibration elevated, you’ll attract those who will bring joy into your day.  In addition, those who may have not brought joy to you before now will do so, as you’ve moved the energy to a higher level, and yes, they will respond to that change!

You further reinforce this reality with the following affirmation: I experience joy with everyone who crosses my path today!

One Last Thought…

Throughout this writing, I’ve been speaking of the concept of today – this one single moment – but in reality, how important could just one day really be…? 

Each day should never be thought of as some semi-forgetful blip on the radar screen where we merely go through the motions and just survive it all.  Instead, today is like an entire life in and of itself: where there is a dawn (birth), the day as it unfolds (living out our lives), and the nighttime where we go to sleep (death). 

We want to live each and every day as a complete story, not just based on the feeling that it’s the same old grind and never changes — because it always does.  We want to make sure that with the progression of our journey, that we’re putting into effect the changes that will allow us to be able to manifest all of the good we truly deserve.

We can draw a clear distinction between thinking of our day as a routine, uneventful, even dismal experience; versus living each day as a blessing filled with miracles and joyous expectations.  As we retrain ourselves to raise our vibration into being able to manifest the wondrous today, we see that it can be achieved through a few simple steps in just a matter of  minutes. 

Ask yourself what you feel you deserve and what your current expectations are.  What do you expect will happen to you today?  Is it bleak, dismal, so-so, or uncertain?  If it is any or all of those things, start by immediately expecting a miracle and nothing less. It changes everything for the better.