daily CHOICE

I have this weird thing I do every morning.

It's something I write. Every day. Right at the top of the page of each daily journal. It used to be three words. I made a choice to add a fourth.

My One Word this year has been "Presence." So that's the first word I write. Then I've been writing "PSALM" and "GIFT." I've been doing this for quite some time. Those are the 3 words that center me before I begin gratitude journal. A journal that often includes phrases about contemplative living, optimal living, intentional living, and compelling living. A journal that often include something about life "experiments" and trying things that will help me live life better and help others do the same.

So one day I just wrote COIC on my page as a shortcut for "contemplative, optimal, intentional compelling living." Similar to the idea behind writing PSALM and GIFT. But when I write "COIC," I paused and thought, "hmm, that kind of looks like 'choice.'" I remembered the idea of an experiment, so I added an E. That made a COICE. Close, but now I need an H. I started thinking about the 28-day experiment and how the idea was to make a personal transformation that was holistic. There ya go! I got the H. So what do we have here?

Each day is a CHOICE.

Each day is a... Contemplative

Holistic

Optimal

Intentional

Compelling

Experiment

So yes, it's kind of weird. But I think I like that. So there it is at the beginning of each daily journal entry. "Presence. PSALM. GIFT. CHOICE. My life is a psalm and a gift. Each day is a choice. And I plan to be present in it. So now, what am I going to do with this day? I'm going to live life better and help others do the same. I'm going to do to love, enjoy, inspire, encourage, and positively impact my neighbors and my neighborhood. I'm going to greet this day as a gift and live it as a psalm.

This is my daily choice.