Monday: A new start or the same old thing?

Monday seems to be the day of the week that people hate the most.  It is the beginning of the work week for many of us.  We mostly think about the difficulties and problems that lie before us.  Few people wake up on Monday morning feeling like they do on a weekend or vacation day.  I try to make my Mondays different.  I start out each Monday with the following reflection: “I give thanks for this new day and a new start. I give thanks for my health and for my friends and for my family and for my wife.”  Monday is special for me because it is a new opportunity.  It is a chance for a fresh start. It is my “Groundhog Day.” 

Regardless of what went wrong last week or the mistakes I made, my reflection reminds me that this is a new week and a chance to start over. I could easily succumb to the negative thoughts about Monday but my reflection reminds me what I wonderful day it really is. It reminds me of my blessings and that today is a new opportunity. Why start off the week with a down feeling?  Life is a series of opportunities that are presented to us each day.  The time I have on Monday is no different than the time I have on Saturday or Sunday.  I choose my life by the choices I make with the time I have. So do you.   

There are no Mondays or Saturdays; these are only labels that we put on time and the great cycle of life.  These labels are simply conveniences and instead we turn them into traps. We have Mondays, Hump-days, TGIF days, work-days and holidays.  Each of these days is what you make out of them.  Each one is a potential to live a new life and to have a new beginning. 

Do you see Mondays as a day to dislike or can you see Mondays as a springboard to a new beginning and a new life? Which way would you rather see Monday?  What would make your life a new beginning this Monday?  It is a choice for you to make.  What is your choice today?  

By the way, I don't usually ask for anyone to read a specific blog or to make a specific comment, but the blog on "Progress" that I wrote last Thursday was one I was hoping to get more comments on.  I spent nearly three hours on that blog and I was disappointed that I did not receive a single comment.  If you have the extra time today would you go back and read this blog and leave me just one comment?  You will help to make my day.  THanks for the extra time.  Remember to think today "Thank God Its Monday!" A new start!