Seize the Sunrise

I wish the day had two more hours—or I’m glad it’s over—and I go to bed. The next morning I am always grateful for the sunrise. Because every day is a fresh platter of possibility and potential reset. That may sound cliched, so I’ll try to go beyond that.
 
Some new days are laid out for us; some bring trouble; most bring same ol’ same ol’. If the new day becomes a potential reset for us, it’s usually because we choose that, and seize the sunrise.
 
What we choose will continually adjust our life’s trajectory—which like the path of a car, a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft, is continually adjusted. Some adjustments prevent trouble; some reset us to a better path.
 
On occasion we will have a big day. But the vast majority of days whatever we reset—especially through our deliberate growth habits—will be relatively small. They may be boring. They may seem insignificant. And they will certainly be repetitive.
 
Most people will not want to bother. Or they’ll forget. Or they’ll be preoccupied. And that’s okay, but not making those tiny adjustments of personal growth will determine a person’s life’s course in many ways.
 
One beautiful thing about small, incremental daily steps toward resetting things in our lives is that they’re doable. Precisely because they’re small, we can easily seize them. Day after day. And results quietly produce themselves. Then when others take notice, they think it’s some kind of breakthrough. But we know.
 
Another beautiful thing is that we will never be too young, too old, too much of a failure, or too broken to do this. God starts or restarts with us where we’re at, and every sunrise is proof. Even if it’s cloudy.
 
Sometimes we need a break in order to stay fresh in the long haul. Or we may have a bad day or just not feel like doing anything. That’s normal—and tomorrow brings another sunrise.
 
What will you decide? What’s your commitment to where you’re going and to the habits that take you there? When you bring God into it, an eternal dimension opens up. To what has he called you? The daily question is not: How will you get there? Rather: How are you practicing that each day?
 
How will you seize the sunrise?