A Fresh Start, Every Single Day

One of the beliefs I hold most firmly is also one of the simplest. Each day provides a fresh opportunity to accomplish your goals. I have said it so many times that it would be easy to let it become just words, but I try not to.

I have made real mistakes. I failed to manage my finances well and went into debt I could not pay back. I disappointed and let down those close to me at times. There were seasons where I led people poorly and knew it. If yesterday were the final word, I would be stuck. But my faith tells me it is not the final word, and neither is the year before that or the decade before that.

So I try to start each morning without dragging the whole weight of the past into it. Not pretending the past did not happen, but not letting it decide today either. That is what a fresh start means to me. It is a quiet kind of hope, and it is enough to get me moving.