May 23rd

New beginnings. Each day and each moment, in and of themselves, are new beginnings. You are a serial new beginner and that is a very good thing … unless you forget that this is what is happening. After we forget that we are serial new beginners, we start accumulating stuff, ideas (good, bad, and indifferent), memories, feelings, resentments, mistreatments, wins and losses, a scorecard, and lots of other accumulated mental and emotional garbage, which we drag around with us all day long, day after day, everywhere that we go and through each and every experience. Wherever we go, there we are.

True warriors know that to get back their new beginnings, they must clean house and let go, let go, let go, and let go. With that accomplished, they can embrace each moment as a new beginning, a fresh canvass, and the start of the next unfolding adventure in life. This is a very liberating thing to remember. Know that we are the ones who create our own misery. Every day starts out as a perfect creation of God, and working our own magic upon our experience is what results in our emotional state, as well as the resulting judgement that we apply to each day.

Yes, it is all our own fault, and our life is of our own making. When life hands us lemons, we are told to make some lemonade. This is aimed at all of us, in an attempt to remind us that we have that power. The true warrior knows that it is up to himself or herself, and that their family, friends, team, tribe, community, and country are either their assets or their liabilities. So, once again, it is up to you to be here now, and to act accordingly … as that will be your experience.

You are warriors and it is all up to you. You can abdicate your responsibilities (as many of us do), but if you take charge of your experience, you can accomplish amazing things from each new beginning. So it is written.