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This should have posted yesterday, but my attempts to schedule it beforehand did not work. I apologize.

Brand-New Day: Inner Sunrise

When today is not going well, it is tempting to focus on tomorrow as a blank slate with all the possibilities that newness provides. It is true that tomorrow will be a brand-new day, but we do not have to wait until tomorrow to start fresh. We can start fresh at any moment, clearing our energy field of any negativity that has accumulated, and call this very moment the beginning of our brand-new day.

There is something about the sunrise and the first few hours of the morning that make us feel cleansed and rejuvenated, ready to move forward enthusiastically. As the day wears on, we lose some of this dynamic energy and the inspiration it provides. This may be why we look forward to tomorrow as providing the possibility of renewal. Many traditions consider the light of the rising sun to be particularly divine in its origins; this is why so many people in the world face east when performing ritual. We too can cultivate that rising sun energy inside ourselves, carrying it with us to light our way through any time of day or night, drawing on its power to awaken and renew our spirits.

One simple way to do this is to carry an image or a photograph of the rising sun with us in our wallet or purse. We can also post this image on our wall at work or at home, or have it as our screensaver on our computer. When we feel the need to start fresh, we can take a moment to gaze at the image, allowing its light to enter into our hearts. As we do this, we might say out loud or quietly to ourselves, I am ready to let go of the past and start anew. We might visualize anything we want to release leaving us as we exhale, and as we inhale, we can take in the fresh energy of the eastern sun, allowing it to light the way to a brand-new day. Madyson Taylor, Daily Om

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
~ J. B. Priestley

A do-over. A clean slate. Yesterday and all of its stresses, frustrations and worries are long gone. As if you’ve been visited by a thief in the night, they’ve been taken and replaced with the anticipation of a new day. With the rising sun, you have an opportunity to create a new day and a new way of being. This is the moment to write your own destiny. A dreary sky, never-ending snow and rain matters not with the dawning of a new day. This beautiful morning beckons you, invites you, to enjoy the day with all of its magic, promise and mystery. You don’t have to look far to discover how your day will unfold, you hold it in your heart. Embrace it and make it yours.