Create Your Day - Morning Ritual

A few years ago an incredibly powerful independent film called “What the Bleep Do We Know?” swept across North America. One of the most talked about points in the movie was a piece called “I Create My Day” by Dr. Joe Dispenza. (You can read a transcript of his remarks here.)

I have always known that a fantastic way to really make something your own is to create a ritual around it. In that spirit, I created a ritual that helps me to create my day each and every morning. I’ve been using this ritual every day now for a number of years, and I’ve hd fantastic results.

The ritual simply involves making an espresso on my gas stove (something I do each morning). If you don’t drink coffee you can easily adapt it to tea.

I tell myself that the coffee represents the raw talents and skills that I have been given, useless on its own, but incredible once combined with the other elements. As I add the coffee, I focus on all of my abilities and I choose which of them I want to use that day. Perhaps it will be a day where I am speaking to an audience. Or a day where I am focusing on writing. Or maybe I’m going to be networking and meeting new people.

As I add the water, I tell myself that it represents life itself, without which nothing can happen.

The espresso maker represents TODAY. It holds a finite amount of “life” (water) and you can only put a finite amount of your skills and talents (coffee) into it. You cannot make tomorrow’s coffee today and you wouldn’t want to drink the coffee you made yesterday, so each and every day you must create a new brew.

The gas represents the Universal Source (or God, if you prefer), always available for the asking.

The spark that lights the burner is what happens when I bring my full attention to the moment and realize how connected I am to the Universal Source.

So then, when I am mindful of my incredible partnership with the Universal Source, I ignite a powerful force that ALWAYS works, whether I understand it or not. I don’t have to DO anything beyond acknowledging and allowing. It ALWAYS heats ANYTHING that is placed within the circle of its flame - it makes no judgments or discriminations. Once I have combined this endless power with my talents and skills and with life itself, the result is INEVITABLE!

Just as when I combine coffee and the water with the heat, the result is INEVITABLE.

And so it is!

As I prepare my morning coffee I consciously remind myself of these elements, thus turning this into an important ritual that centers me and prepares me for the day ahead. It is how I create my day.

What will you do with YOUR day?

ENJOY NOW!