Monday

This poor day has gotten a bad reputation over the years. The week-end is over, and we have to go back to work or school. Diets always start on Mondays. People on the way to work on Monday morning are already counting the hours till Friday and the week end. I’m here to say that this is the wrong mindset.

If the weekend ended on Monday, Tuesday would be the bad day, so it’s not anything personal about Mondays, but neither should I spend my life wishing for future events. I miss out on a whole lot of living doing that. Besides I’m presuming that I have a tomorrow, and I just might not. I personally get tired of hearing people complain and whine and moan because the week end is over. Well it happens 52 times a year, and that’s a LOT of complaining.

I have determined that I am going to have a different attitude about Mondays. I’m going to greet the day and the beginning of the week with a grateful prayer that I am indeed given this day to honor God. I am going to face the week with curious anticipation, eager to see what He may bring my way, how we will handle the challenges together, and then, hopefully, I will be pleasantly surprised when I wake up and discover that it is indeed Friday.

I know not every week is a good week, and not every Monday is an grand day, but to spend precious hours and minutes wishing time away in my already way too short life just seems a little silly to me. God does not want me to presume on tomorrow, or worry about tomorrow, so why would He want me to worry about a day that is 5 days away? Wishing and hoping and counting will not make it come any faster, and will, in truth, make it seem like it’s taking longer.

Will I succeed in this? Probably not a hundred percent, but if I can improve my attitude on say 30 or 40 weeks out of 52 how much happier one year of life will be. Besides I don’t have to face Mondays alone. He’s walking beside me.

That’s it for today, Monday. Here’s to a better attitude and wonderful week.

TTFN*

Stevie

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