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The best way to get the day started

Jumping jacks.  Give me 25 right now.  Seriously.  Get your blood pumping. Give your body a jolt.  It is the consensus that the morning sets the tone for the entire day.  Crucial.  Which means that if you plan on investing any energy into the direction you want your life to take, your best shot is to make it plain when you first wake up.  But Wait.  I wake up in the morning and I lay in my bed for at least 20 minutes before I can even think about getting the motivation to move.  It's true.  The enemy attacks early.  While you are still slumbering.  He plots that you will fail before you even get up.  Imagine that.  Pay attention to the morning chatter in your mind.  Is it telling you how wonderful the day is going to be? Or is it more like, "Another day, same old stuff. I'll just lay here until I absolutely have to get up."  I know you've felt this way.   Well, here is an alternative, if you dare.

As soon as you gain consciousness in the morning, beat the enemy to his own post.  Start with a big smile, even a forced one works.  Thank your Heavenly Father for the blessing of life and the many blessings of this day that he has in store for you.  Then give me my jumping jacks or some type of physical activity for a brief stint - jump up and down, run around the house, put on some music and dance a little.  Anything that reminds you that you are still alive and well.  Shout it out. Give yourself some compliments before you leave the house that you are looking good, smelling good and feeling good.  Now hit the door with your favorite tune in your head as you leave out to meet the world.  With all the positive energy you have surrounding you right now, I cannot promise you that every encounter will be roses but I guarantee it'll be twice as hard for happenstances to knock you off course. Guard your mind with positivity. You are going into battle, don't you want to put on a little armor first?

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