I make my bed every morning.
Sometimes a simple act can ripple through your day.
Sometimes a well-placed word can change your life.
I don’t remember the name of the motivational speaker that came to my middle school auditorium decades ago. I don’t even remember the topic of his speech.
I only remember his answer to the question that he asked us, “Why should you make your bed in the morning?” … Answer: “You deserve to get into a well-made bed at night.”
After waking up, sometimes my day starts by jumping out of bed when the alarm clock goes off. Other times, it is a slow roll out of bed. Sometimes, I don’t remember to look back at the bed… until I’m about to leave the bedroom, and then I see the unmade bed and I hear the words…
“You deserve to get into a well-made bed!”
… and I give myself the gift of a well-made bed.
In the evening, the king-sized bed is inviting and beautiful. As I slip between the chocolate-colored high-thread-count sheets, the smoothness of cotton caresses my skin. The weight of the dark burgundy and gold-striped bedspread over a light turquoise blanket gives me the perfect hug. The king-sized pillows with just the right firmness cradle and support me. I feel this sense of luxury… a feeling of being cared for, a feeling that “YES! I deserve this.”
This has rippled into my life.
As I walk into the world each morning with goals and aspirations, I am already starting off encouraged and celebrated because “YES! I deserve this.”
The inner critic in my head that might say otherwise is silenced for a moment.
For that moment, I know…
“YES! I deserve this… and so much more… I am worthy…”
I will try (and sometimes fail) and try again and again to accomplish my goals… because a well-placed voice from a speaker that came to my middle school so many long years ago is now an internal voice in my head that cheers me on…
“You go! Keep on going! You can do this! … You deserve this!”