"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." ~Henry David Thoreau
When you wake in the morning, do you look forward to your day? Do you stretch your arms above your head with the desire to wake and start your day or do you slunk back down under the covers, trying to catch more zzz's or practice avoidance a bit longer? Morning has the ability to smack you in the head with reality.

Reality awaits those ready to face it and will wait even more patiently for those wishing to evade it a bit longer. Each day represents another chance to do it right, to get it done, to figure it out, to fix it, to share it, to learn it, or simply be. Be who you are. Reasons to avoid are many but avoidance usually occurs when a situation is uncomfortable or a situation unknown. It can also be a coping mechanism.




A cousin to avoidance is procrastination. The reasons to practice either one are similar. Putting off today what you can avoid further tomorrow - more procrastination. A sound device if you don't want to get things done or ever feel a "sense of accomplishment." What is the best trick to conquer these kissing cousins? Determination and an extreme desire to succeed.

A drive to accomplish. Sometimes, you just have to put on your stompin' boots and face that widow-maker hill with a strength that comes from within; digging deep to a place you didn't even know existed. You cannot expect to get more done or change even a bit, by simply doing what you have always done.
"Things do not change; we change." ~Henry David Thoreau

The new light of day shines on where we lack. On where we need to change or improve. No slunking allowed. Throw the covers back, face it. Yes, whatever you choose to avoid can be faced tomorrow but what else will be there, as well? Determination. Resolution. Tenacity. Don't those sound better than then avoidance, procrastination, or aversion.

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours." ~Henry David Thoreau

by rayannethorn