One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus – Philippians 3:13–14
The old adage says that Monday’s are hard. Difficult. Soul-crushing. Looking at Google, you can scroll for hours memes and clever sayings about this dreaded day.
But why?
Of course it marks the abrupt ending of an otherwise splendid weekend. It seems to always be looming behind shadows and fog like some sort of 24 hour Bigfoot. With it in view, we party harder, relax stronger, and pack in as much fun as possible. But put off as we may, Monday is forever just around the corner. We get this feelings from years of institutional education where we dread time spent under those thought destructive fluorescent lights. We learn to be weekend people.
What if we looked at Monday differently? If a day had feelings, I bet Monday would feel misunderstood. Maybe what we see as an abrupt end is actually a fresh start. Perhaps Monday is granting us a weekly boon, to forget last week and all its troubles, and grasp onto a re-do. Instead of daydreaming the day away, maybe we try to be forever present in a week of fresh possibilities. What would it look like for us to have intention and mindfulness today? What if, fueled by a Monday strength gallon of coffee, we put the past behind us and spent this notorious day making it count?
Maybe your raise comes this week. Maybe your boss will actually notice you this week. Maybe this will be the week your kids clean up after themselves.
Or maybe not.
Either way, there is another Monday coming.
Matt simon blog 