How you begin each day is one of the most important things in life. Your mood, your purpose, even your success in life is dependent on it. When you get up hopeful, expecting good things, and letting go of things in the past — that's when you're in a flow with God.

Being offended, upset, and frustrated over what didn't work out will only keep you in mediocrity. It's time to drop it and move forward. You may be a product of your past, but you don't have to be a prisoner of your past.

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to. They can call you slow, lazy, too old. That's all right. Just don't answer to it. Answer to "victorious," "talented," "history maker." If you'll do this, I believe and declare, today is going to be a turning point. The bondages from the past are no longer going to have any effect on you.

You weren't created to get stuck, to settle and stay at the same place year after year. You

How much space are you giving to guilt, to shame, to regret, to being against yourself? Whatever it is, it's too much. You need that space for the good things God has for you that will move you toward your destiny. If you're giving space to guilt, you will not have the confidence you need to move forward, which will cause you to fail again. It's a negative cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to

If you're dwelling on the past, you won't see the new thing. If you're focused on who hurt you and what wasn't fair, then you'll miss your destiny. God is saying, forget the former things, quit dwelling on your mistakes. This is a new day.

Too often, we're holding on to hurts, disappointments, things we don't understand. This poisons our attitude, takes our passion, makes us negative & critical. You have to let it go. Quit going back to it. It's over and done. Move forward.

The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take.

It's time to begin righting the story of your life.

God always offers us a second chance in life.

He leans over and kisses me. And suddenly, my life splits in two: before and after.

The time is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs. (on being 36 yrs old)