When you opened your eyes this morning, you awoke to a new day.
Yesterday is history. You are not yesterday.
You are not your history.
Your experiences have built you into who you are.
Your stories have made you stronger, wiser, more capable.
Your stories have given you purpose.
You have experienced experiences, and they have built you into the present day being you are.
But you are not your stories.
Today, you have permission to become who YOU want to become.
Not your stories. You are not your stories and experiences. They simply helped you on your journey.
Today, YOU get to decide who you will be.
Your mistakes, challenges, regrets, guilt, and shame from yesterday ceased at 11:59:59… if you want freedom.
The freedom is yours for the taking.
Today is a new day. A clean slate. A new sunrise. A new opportunity.
You relive the past if you identify with the past. You live today as a new being if you identify ONLY with today.
How do you see yourself? As a mistake? As a regret? As a series of failures?
The world sees you the same way.
If you see yourself as strong, powerful, and renewed…
The world will see you the same way.
Do not concern yourself with the judgement of others. Their judgement of you reflects how they feel about themselves.
They face their own internal battle. Allow them their battle.
Make your day new. Be the person you’ve always dreamed. Be yourself. Embrace yourself. Accept yourself.
Love yourself.
You are magnificent like everyone else.
Shine your magnificence. The world needs you.
It’s YOUR decision who you are today… no one else’s.
Shine on!!!
Mike Kitko is a former United States Marine, a former Business Executive, and a former failure. I coach and support Veteran business owners through life, business, and military transition issues, so that they feel as significant and successful in the civilian world as they felt as a warrior.
I coach and motivate others to avoid and overcome the challenges that we all face on a daily basis. Because I have witnessed failure and rebirth, I believe that we are all more powerful than we recognize, and that daily mind, body, and spirit development towards your true purpose, using your uniqueness,
is the key to a High Performance Life.
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A version of this post was previously published on mikekitko.com and is republished here with permission from the author.
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