Each Day is a New Beginning

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Each Day is a New BeginningDR. BESS S. PERMUTGuest ColumnistJust think, no matter what happened yesterday, you have a chance for a whole new beginning today. Forgive yourself if you did something that continues to bother you. Our Creator forgives his children, so we must learn to forgive ourselves as well.Clean Out your ClosetsIn any endeavor we undertake, we find it best to ‘clear the desk’, so to speak, of any unfinished business before we start another task. Each night we should rid the soul of any failure or misgiving we have taken on that day. Undress the heart and soul each night so in the morning you can start anew. It is a very wise idea to get rid of any driftwood of the past that we are unconsciously carrying with us.Sit down; write the things that you have done that

bog you down with unhappiness. See if there is any restitution that you might do to repay the wrong or debt. So often it will be a simple “I’m very sorry; forgive me” that will heal an open wound. Perhaps it is a debt unpaid. Pay it. Clean out your closets, dust out the corners, let in The Creator's light. When we are not chastising ourselves for an ill-spent yesterday, we can live victoriously in the present day. All of us are carrying around barnacles of guilt that weigh us down. Make a clean sweep of it all.Once and for all, make a new start. It can be done only by taking away the feeling of guilt, which we carry.Do three things:#1- Find out why you feel responsible for this debt.#2- Make restitution to the best of your ability.#3- Close the door on it and forget it.If you do this, you can start a life of rebirth without the weight of guilt. You can travel The Creator's road with a lighter step. He meant us

to live like this. Forget the yesterdays; live this present day with anticipation and acceptance of HIS good. We must only face one second at a time. He made certain laws that govern all lives. He was a wise Creator. He knew that we must be equipped to live minute by minute. If a giant generator would start missing its tempo, the engineer would immediately know he was in for grave trouble. So it is with us. We are living a tempo that makes for easier living.So stop fretting and fearing, and exist in your Creator's love.What I am about to write was not part of Dr. Permut's article but it was something I learned from her. When you clean out the closets of your mind try to visualize a room with a thick steel door and visualize all the bad, negative and ugly things in your life that you need to leave behind being placed in this room and then close the door and forget it! Visualize yourself placing duct tape around the seams of the door so

nothing can escape. Place this idea out of your mind and let all of those negative things stay behind the door forever. Never, Never return to look at the items behind the door. NEVER... Now start a new life. One of peace and happiness.