Don't Let the Old Man In

Recently on Facebook I saw an exchange between country music star Toby Keith and legendary actor Clint Eastwood. Eastwood said that the following week, he would begin shooting another movie. With reference to the fact that Eastwood is in his 80’s, Keith asked, “How do you do it?” Eastwood, with his characteristic grin, replied, “When I get up in the morning, I don’t let the old man in.” Subsequently, Eastwood wrote a song with that title that you can google.

Author and concentration camp survivor Viktor Frankl in his book Man’s Search for Meaning wrote that, despite circumstances, we have the ability to decide what we allow into our minds. How we begin our day determines to a great extent the kind of day we will have. We decide what can come in to our consciousness. The good news is that, if we sense that we are going in the wrong direction, we can begin our day over—any time.

All truly is well.

You write it: How did your day begin?