Sometimes we may wish we could begin again. We can. Every time we awake. Most of us have heard a variation of the title of this article. Each day is a new day if we consider it so. We have the capacity to change.

        This is a time of new beginnings. We in the United States are at a point of electing one some consider the most hated President ever and/or the most incompetent.

        How did we get here?

        We are told we are made in the image of the divine. Obviously, some do not believe this. If we did, would we act as we do? Would we listen to other people tell us what we must do? To be rich? To be secure? To be healthy? To be happy? Do we not have our own ideas?

        We know what makes us joyful. Do we give ourselves a dose of joy every day? If not, why not? It is easy. All we have to do is imagine it. Picture it. See it. Feel it. Know it. Decide it. Replace current patterns with new ones.

        Many great experiencers, e.g., Yeshua, Buddha, Edgar Cayce, etc., tell us we can be more, do more than they have. Do we believe them? Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Ghandi showed us how they walked, attracting many to follow their ways. The one we love to hate now reminds us daily of what he has shown us by his actions.

        Yet, many continue to sleep. This is okay if this is what we agreed to do when we incarnated.

        But did you? And did so many?

        Some say it is hard to be happy now. Really? Seems to this writer it is really hard to live miserably. It requires low energy and negative thinking. Too much pain. Too much work.

        Maybe you have lived a not so good life for so long, you think you have forgotten how to live joyfully. No worries. It is easy to reprogram self. Consider the alternative. Do you wish to wake up every day, glad to be alive? Or not?

        Choose the desired outcome. See it clearly in the mind’s eye. Then begin to live it. One step at a time, one day at a time. Simply shift into a meditative state and, at the proper frequency, decide. The only draw back is that decisions made at this level must be reversed at the same energy level should we change our mind. Otherwise, we automatically continue to act in harmony with our original decision.

        Daily raise the energy levels of self and the surroundings, the environment in which living. Sing/hum a happy or lovely song. Be grateful for living now and say this to self. Self believes what it hears.

        Choose to eat the most wholesome and nutritious food to be found. It may be the only wholesome food in the store but purchase it instead of buying a bag of manufactured chemicals. Enjoy eating it. Let the body enjoy it.

        Listen to good, uplifting music. Dance to it. Sing along.

        Begin with simple things and allow self to be happy, relaxed, at peace with self, even if for only a few minutes. It will become a habit.

        Do not second guess self. Do not speak negatively of self. Learn to rephrase criticisms of self to be of a higher vibration. The body always tries to do its best for us. Thank it.

        Schedule time for self. Make time slots for self and family a priority. Enjoying the company of others raises the energy levels of all. Raising one's energy levels makes it easier to accomplish our other everyday tasks.

        Letting self feel peace, joy, gratitude, love enables us to feel good more often.

        Remember the personality is responsible for the body. It represents the soul in the physical. It is the divine experiencing in matter.

        Why we have this opportunity NOW is best left for another discussion. That it is uniquely available for a limited time now is what needs to be considered. Humankind is on the threshold of a major change in our way of being. Those who act accordingly may be glad they have.

        Our choice.

      Wanisi do.