Embrace the Within no. 52

“On Christ, the solid rock, I stand: all other ground is sinking sand.”

• Edward Mote

And just like that it’s Monday again and back to the routine. I spent a long conversation yesterday about the importance of a daily routine and a plan to set yourself up for success. And I wanted to take some time today to emphasize the importance of setting the tone for your day when you get up and going every morning. So, I want to talk about why being intentional about the way you start day, start a task, or approach starting anything is important.

Our brains are very programmable and hackable. I am sure you have seen at least one life hack or unlearning and reprogramming your brain post. And that is because our brain, despite thousands of years of social and civil change, is basically the same brain that protected us out in the wilderness. The brain makes us social creatures in need of protection from the group because the group was the way we survived. Human young have no way of protecting themselves. They are vulnerable and need the protection of their family, their tribe. Our brains, despite all this technology around us and all these creature comforts, has not changed from the time of tribes wandering in the wild. We like to think we have changed. We like to believe we have evolved. We like to aspire to some lofty pinnacle BUT we are still just the “quintessence of dust”. So, setting ourselves up for success is as simple as convincing this primitive brain that we are successful. And one way to do that is by having a routine that makes us feel successful.

Have a routine that you can complete successfully. I think a lot of folks want to magically be transformed overnight and set unrealistic expectations and then fail at those expectations. And that makes them unsuccessful and back to the cycle of failure. So, make your routine something you can achieve. Find manageable goals that can help you feel like you have done something, accomplished something. Make those activities aimed at an end besides just doing something. Your activity should be directed at changing or growing some part of your health. It needs to focus on a part of your body, mind, and/or spirit. Work from those basics and build.

When you start your day on a foundation of success, the change in this perspective permeates the rest of your day. So, I cannot emphasize the importance of setting yourself up for success daily. Life is difficult enough without setting ourselves up for failure.

Shalom to your home. Bless your being. The reign of YHWH is now. Be a blessing to YHWH and others.

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