The Morning That Transformed Your Entire Life
Teeth
brushed, face washed, and a glass of water in hand, I sat up straight on my
living room couch at 5:05 a.m., feeling genuinely excited about my life for the
first time in a long time. It was still dark outside, and something about that
felt very empowering. I pulled out my list of life-changing personal
development activities I had learned over the years but never implemented. One
by one, I implemented each one.
Silence Sitting in silence, praying, meditating, and
focusing on my breath, for 10 minutes. I felt my stress melt away, felt a sense
of clam come over my body and ease my mind. This was different from the typical
chaos of my hectic mornings. For the first time in a long time, I felt peaceful.
Reading having always made excuses why I couldn’t
find time to read, I was excited to make time this morning and start what I had
always hoped could become a lifelong habit. I grabbed Napoleon Hill’s classic, Think
and Grow Rich, off the shelf. Like most of my books, it was one that I had
started, but never finished. I read for ten minutes, and picked up a few ideas
that I was excited to implement that day. I was reminded that it only take one
idea to change your life, and I felt motivated.
Affirmations having never before harnessed the power
of affirmations, it felt amazing to finally read the self-confidence
affirmation from Think and Grow Rich aloud. The affirmation was a
powerful reminder of the unlimited potential that was within me and within each
of us. I decided to write my own affirmation. I jotted down what I wanted, who
I was committed to being, and what I was committed to doing to change my life.
I felt empowered.
Journaling Next, I opened one of the many blank
journals I had purchased over the years. Like all of the others, I had failed
to write in for more that a few days—a week at the most. On this day, I wrote
what I was grateful for in my life. Almost immediately, I felt my depression
lifting, like a heavy fog which had been weighing me down. It wasn’t gone, but
it felt lighter. The simple act of writing down the things I was grateful for
lifted my spirits. I felt grateful.
Exercise Finally,
I got up off the couch, remembering what I’d heard Tony Robbins say so many
times: motion creates emotion. I dropped down and did pushups until I couldn’t
do one more. Then I flipped over onto my back and did as many sit ups as my
out-of-shape abs would allow. With six minutes left on the clock, I inserted
one of my fiancee’s Yoga, and enjoyed completing the first six minutes of it. I
felt energized.
It
was incredible! I had already experienced what was one of the most peaceful,
motivating, empowering, inspiring, grateful, and energizing days of my life—and
it was only 6:00 a.m.!
Noting Short of a
Miracle
For the next few weeks, I continued to wake up at 5:00 a.m.
and follow through with my 60-minute personal development routine. Then, so
incredibly happy with the way I was feeling and the progress I was making as a
result of my morning routine, I wanted more of it! So, one night while getting
ready for bed, I did what was unthinkable at the time, I set my alarm clock for
4:00 a.m. Falling asleep that night, I wondered if I was out of my mind.
Surprisingly, it was just as easy to wake up at 4:00 a.m.
as it was 5:00 a.m., and waking up at either time was ten times easier than
waking up on any day in my past, when I resisted waking up.
I knew this powerful
morning personal development routine was something I would eventually start
sharing with my private coaching clients, so I needed a name for it.
Considering that the transformation I was experiencing was so profound and
happening so fast—having gone form broke and depressed to financially secure
and excited about life, in less than two months—that it felt like a miracle,
the only appropriate name was The Miracle Morning.
This Article is taken form
The Miracle Morning.
Written by Arshad. A
