The Blackboard of Life

"You get to fill the blackboard of your life with whatever you want. If you have filled it in with baggage from the past, wipe it clean. Erase everything from the past that does not serve you, and be grateful it brought you to this place now, and to a new beginning. You have a clean slate, and you can start over - right here, right now. Find your joy and live it!" - The Secret

I love the visual of 'wiping the board clean' and starting each day with a clean slate. Free of the past, free from any negative residual feelings from the days/weeks/months or years prior.

Instead, it is filled with only the thoughts that fuel you.

Family that grounds you, friends that inspire and encourage ... stories that make you laugh, make you think, make you grow ... snippets of time and little memories that make your heart sing.

My blackboard would have only uplifting items on it at the beginning of the day, yet there would be lots of room to add the contents of the day ahead.

Then, at the end of the day ... I would examine the day, take the lessons that I needed to learn from it ... and start with a clean slate the next morning.

It sounds easy. We do have the power to recreate each day from scratch. I do firmly believe in learning from all that life presents you and being grateful for all that has brought you to where you are in life right now.

I believe in the power of gratitude. I haven't walked the easy path in life. No one that I know has. The key is, to take something positive out of everything negative that may happen. That doesn't sound so easy. Sometimes it takes a while ... but it is usually there. One small glimmer of hope or sunshine in among the many storms of life.

Keep the lessons, feel the gratitude ... but wipe the slate clean and start fresh. Every moment you can.