It must be a week or so that I have this Beatles-song on my mind. Because of that the connection to writing this post was an easy one. I mean, when you think of it, the sun is always associated with positive things. If you have been following this blog you know that most of my posts are more or less about the good sides of life, the ‘celebration of life’.
Almost every morning for the past three years I have been picking up tarot cards. In a reading I do for myself I ask what the day holds in store for me and I pick up 2 cards. When I first saw someone do a card-reading I was having doubts and I was very skeptical. Now after 3+years I have to say how surprisingly accurate a reading can be.
Early this morning at 2 a.m. just before I went to work, just like every other day I picked up 2 cards. First I picked up the ace of swords and after that I picked up the sun. I don’t know, but when I pick up a card like the sun I know something positive is going to happen. I can say this because of experiences of the past.
As I was driving through the countryside this morning a hare ran into my car and got killed. I’m not sure but I think that this may have been representing the ace of swords.
This afternoon I went out for my weekly jogging work-out. I started jogging about a month ago, but until now it was hard. I could only walk a couple of hundred meters before I got out of breath. Until today I had short 20 minute exercises in which I would switch between running and walking.
I had some advice from someone in my village who is a more advanced jogger, and so as I started running I kept my pace in check. After a couple of hundred meters my body started to protest and wanted a break. But I didn’t stop and kept going. The result is that I ran 40 minutes nonstop. When I came home I felt a certain pride that I had been able to do this. Now I am very excited that I proved myself I had the persistence to do this, and I want more.
Now you might be thinking ‘big deal’ millions of people around the world are jogging or running. To me however it is another milestone in my life, because around 5 years ago I was a heavy smoking couch potato. I quit smoking for some years now, and changed to a more healthy diet. I start to feel better every week, I can not imagine to be a smoker again and I am also getting in better shape.
If I can do this everyone can do this. All it requires is a little bit of discipline and persistence. This is just one example I wanted to share with you. But actually it can be replaced with anything you want to do in your life. You just have to do it, be disciplined and persistent. Then one day you will see that the sun is going to shine for you also. In fact your sun may shine so bright that you have to wear shades 
