What Is Your Best Today?

There have been many times in my life when I’ve looked back over something I’ve done or said and whispered to myself, “Boy! If I were to do it all over again…!” I have also been known to judge others in my life (upon occasion! ) for things they have done or said too.

One of the presuppositions of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP, a process for changing your life by accessing your unconscious mind that is modeled in many different creative visualization and life coaching practices) is “everyone is always doing his or her best.” What presupposition means in this case is something we assume about ourselves, others and clients at all times.

Our best changes minute to minute, hour by hour. Some days I’m really “on,” my writing is sharp, my insights inspiring. Other days, my synapses don’t feel like they’re quite connecting. My fingers fumble on the keys looking for words, typos are abundant. And that’s just when it comes to writing!

I know when I first gave birth to my son and was struggling with the worst sleep deprivation I had ever experienced, postpartum hormones raging, to say nothing of the experience of getting used to being a mother for the first time, my best on all fronts of my life was very different than it may have been at another time. I learned humility that year. I also learned to be gentle with myself.

In celebration of our theme this month, I am grateful for the gifts assuming my best was a constant has given me—a sense of control in an a world that is absolutely not in my control, to name just one—AND I now choose to accept the view that in each moment, everyone—including me!—is always doing their BEST (a bright big changeable BEST in a bright, big changeable world).

Today I am grateful for simple pleasures, happy memories, and the realization that we are creating a new past for tomorrow Today.

What are you ready to change in your life? What gifts have you gained from the past? What are you grateful for? Ask yourself Today.