Have a Beautiful Day: Daily Inspiration Lasting a Lifetime

By Bryan Arndt PhD

I love early mornings, including that period of darkness before sunrise. It is during this special time of day that I can be alone with my thoughts, write uninterrupted, and feel as if I am at my most productive.

Over the years I have also found the best way to begin each day is to thank the universe for the gift of a new day. These expressions of gratitude have a way of returning more of what it is I love about my life back to me. I have also found that a good quote, an affirmation or two, thoughts from our ancient wisdom writers, or words of inspiration from a variety of peopleespecially creative peopleare the best way to kick off my day.

I make every moment special and meaningful. I make every moment productive and rewarding. I make every moment positive and life-affirming.

Enjoying a lifetimes worth of beautiful daysthis is what I Imagine, believe, and create for my whole self each and every day.

You can do the same; you too can Imagine Believe Create a lifetimes worth of beautiful days. How? Open the book to todays dateit can all begin right now.

Have a beautiful day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Nov 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781452523606

Bryan Arndt PhD

Bryan Arndt, PhD, author of Love The Life You’re Living, is a certified Life Coach and Spiritual Counselor. He is also the founder of Benny’s Blanket, Chrysalis Wellness Centre, and Heal Our World Day. To learn more about Bryan and his work, please visit www.bryanarndt.com.

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Contents

Dedication

Introduction: Have A Beautiful Day

My Formula: Imagine Believe Create

Chapter One: January

Chapter Two: February

Chapter Three: March

Chapter Four: April

Chapter Five: May

Chapter Six: June

Chapter Seven: July

Chapter Eight: August

Chapter Nine: September

Chapter Ten: October

Chapter Eleven: November

Chapter Twelve: December

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my family and close circle of friends.

Introduction:

Have A Beautiful Day

My alarm clock is set for 5:15 a.m., yet almost every morning, I am wide awake long before the radio turns on. Why? I am a morning person. In fact, there have been times when I have been at my desk working as early as 3 a.m. Most of the time, including weekends, I can be found at my desk between 4:30 and 5 a.m.

I love the morning, that time before sunrise. It is this time of day when I can be alone with my thoughts, am able to write uninterrupted, and feel I am at my most productive. Ask me an important question at 3 p.m., and my brain is essentially a pile of mush. That is, however, until I catch my second wind, and go on to enjoy whatever I end up doing any particular evening.

In my book Love The Life You’re Living: A Beginner’s Guide to Awakening and Personal Transformation, one suggestion I encourage everyone to think about and adopt is this: pack a lot of life into your day. In other words, make each and every moment of each and every day count.

Make your moments special and meaningful. Make your moments productive and rewarding. Make your moments relaxing and memorable.

Over the years I have found the best way to begin my day is to thank the universe for the gift of a new day; expressions of gratitude have a way of returning more of what it is you love about your life back to you. I have also found that a good quote, an affirmation or two, thoughts from our ancient wisdom writers, or words of inspiration from a variety of people – especially creative people – are the best way to kick off your day. Keeping track of your thoughts, as well as your goals and all of the things which inspire or challenge you, is also, as I have discovered, best done by writing in your journal.

Inspired by a variety of sources, and noting where applicable the significance of some specific dates, I have created 366 entries, one for every single day of the year (including Leap Day), all of which are meant to be read first thing in the morning. Each entry, once you have read it through and thought about it (sometimes there are questions being asked of you), then go ahead and write about it in your journal. These activities – acts of self-evaluation, or goal setting, or the repetitiveness of affirmations – are all meant to have a positive influence on the rest of your day, even when some of those self-evaluations are possibly going to be uncomfortable conversations with your whole self.

Here is one of my favorite quotes. It can be an eye opener if you are seeing it for the first time – I share it often with clients and my social media friends and followers:

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, therefore is not an act but is a habit.

~Aristotle

Regardless of when you purchased this book, open it to today’s date and read the entry. Think about what the entry means for you in your moment, and write your daily/morning thoughts in your journal. If a specific passage or two from within the book resonates with you, underline them. Next year when you reach today’s date, it will likely be a gentle reminder of a thought you had in a particular moment, and you will be able to go back to your journal and reference what it was.

Understand that by simply opening the book to today’s date and contemplating the entry’s meaning for you in your moment, you have planted a seed of positive change and intent in your mind. You have also started the formation of a new habit. Tomorrow, your new habit will continue to establish itself, for soon after waking up and expressing gratitude for the gift of a new day, you will open your book to that day’s entry, and you will repeat what you did the previous day, which is to think about what the entry means to you in your moment. Establishing this habit at the start of your day sets the tone for the rest of your day, and what better tone to Imagine Believe Create for your whole self while thinking through and writing about a variety of things, and then continuing on afterwards with having a beautiful day.

As you continue to establish your new thought patterns and habits in the weeks and months ahead, I encourage you to share your experiences and stories. For example, did one particular entry have a profound impact on you? Did you accomplish the goal you identified on the 7th of the previous month? Did a quote, thought, or affirmation inspire you in some particular way?

If you are interested in sharing your book related thoughts and experiences with me, there are a few ways you can do this. The first is via Twitter, where I have created a hashtag for each and every entry. The second is via my Facebook page (search my name), and the third way is to connect via my website, www.bryanarndt.com, where you can send me a private message.

Thank you for purchasing this book. I look forward to hearing from you in the months and years ahead.

In spirit, I send much love and blessings your way. Have a beautiful day. 44528.png

Bryan

My Formula:

Imagine Believe Create

The first reference I have of using the phrase Imagine Believe Create goes back to 2010 when I incorporated the three words within a variety of inspirational messages I was posting on two former social media sites. The messages included everything from setting personal goals to working with like-minded individuals to establish world peace.

Since that time, Imagine Believe Create (aka IBC or #IBC) has evolved to be the foundation for much of my work, including my awakening and personal transformation programs. It is also the blueprint for my focused intent and Law of Attraction ideas and concepts that I share with the rest of the world.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

~Marcus Aurelius

Chapter One: January

January’s theme is Excellence.

January 1st – New Year’s Day

Today’s inspirational quote:

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life.

It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

~Robin Sharma

It is the start of a new year; express gratitude that you are here, part of it.

Many people believe life is what happens to them. Nope. You know better.

You understand and are aware that life is what you design it to be. You also understand and are aware that you are a part of an interconnected world.

Today, think and write about the world you have inherited, and when you are done working through that, think and write about the world you wish to leave behind.

In the days, weeks, and months ahead, be sure to set your written words into motion. Allow them to be your short-term and long-term goals. Allow them to be the things which challenge you to learn and grow. Allow them to become new habits while you let go of the things which are no longer working for you.

Have a beautiful New Year’s Day.

#habd0101 #NewYearsDay #excellence

January 2nd

Today’s thought:

Imagine Believe Create… Possibilities out of nothingness.

#arndtism

Every single idea that you have ever imagined was born of nothingness.

Sure, you may have been inspired by someone, yet that idea or thought is yours alone; it does not exist anywhere else. It is a product of your mind – of your consciousness. What you Imagine belongs to you. What are you waiting for?

Believe in your idea. Create it.

Turn your nothingness into something-ness.

Share your genius and excellence with the rest of us.

Have a beautiful day.

#habd0102 #IBC #excellence

January 3rd

Today’s inspirational quote:

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

~Socrates

Socrates warned us of the barrenness of a busy life. Why pack barrenness into your day when the alternative can be to pack a lot of life into it?

Fall into and be in love with all of today’s moments.

Have a beautiful day.

#habd0103 #lovelife #excellence

January 4th – Sir Isaac Newton’s Birthday (English physicist and mathematician)

If I have seen farther than others,

it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

~Sir Isaac Newton

You attract into your life like-minded individuals who encourage, guide, and inspire you. Today, stand on their shoulders – unlearn and learn from them.

Tomorrow, allow others to stand on your shoulders. Enable them to unlearn and learn from you.

You are doing for others the very same thing you desire for your whole self. In doing so,