For today to be an experience of life which is meaningful to you may well depend on the stories you tell yourself at the beginning of the day.

I don’t mean made-up stories.

Before you rush in, reconnect with the truths of who you are, especially your talents and passions.  These are the things which connect you with others, with the world, and help you do the courageous things you must do.

To be grateful for what you have and who you are, allows you to see that the pain and doubt are a part of something whole, out of which you can be generous to others.

Turning up at the beginning of the day and taking a few moments to connect to these things in a way which works for you, not only makes it possible to accomplish more, but you will be an encouragement to others to live their stories.

The other possibility: ignore who you are, what you have, and drift through another day.

You are the storywriter.