A new dawn beckons....Part III

For the past few days I have been getting up early by a couple of hour or so. This is what Robin Sharma suggests in all his books. This is what Mark urges you to do in his book "Time management for creative people". And this is exactly what Shiv Khera asks you to do in his book, "You can win". Incidentally, I have started this book last evening after finishing Robin's "Greatness Guide 2". This was one book I had picked up long back, but never really read it completely. Now that I am back to reading with a vengeance, I thought this could be the right time to complete this book. In fact this could be the perfect time to read all the unread books in my library.

Well, coming back to getting up early, it was supposed to give me that extra two hours, in which I could do some really good stuffs like reading great books, writing superb articles, working on my long pending half-finished novel etc. But my three year old gets up almost as soon as I do, and demands to play cricket with me. Here comes the most amazing part, let me tell you. There used to be a time when I would ask him to leave me alone for sometime so that I could read or write peacefully and then at the end, when I was done, I would get back to play with him, that is, if he was still in that mood.

But I must admit, reading Robin has done wonders to my attitude. Now I consider the time with my kid as the most precious moments of my life to treasure. I realise that, in a jiffy he will have grown up and gone to lead his own life. Nothing on this planet would give me back these moments. Playing with my kid now is part of my creative time. I still manage to squeeze out at least fifty pages to read( I'm a fast reader) in these two hours despite of attending to his calls. I know, I could have done a little over hundred pages without his interference, but now I am eagerly looking forward to these pleasant interaction times.

Considering these 24 hours each day as the greatest possible gift has dramatically changed my way of thinking. I am constantly getting better at using these hours. As they say awareness is the first step to improvement.

Last night I went through an exercise in Shiv Khera's "You can win", which asks you to list down two of your problems in life and also to come up with two benefits you might have derived out of these two problems. A bit tricky, but eventually you get it with a little bit of effort. Once you are through with this, you come across an amazing feeling. It urges you to look for opportunities in every tough situation you face and now you are aware that its quite possible.

Excellent thought to have for the day, "TURN ADVERSITIES INTO OPPORTUNITIES."