Well this is day one. It really doesn't matter how many times I have fallen before. Today is a different day.
I tell myself this so that I stop assuming that, just like all of the previous times that i have "started anew" only to discover that I didn't --- this time is different.
Its the journey of 1000000 miles that begins with a single step. Tomorrow I'll take another. The day after another. until I get to the end.
Like every real goal in life we divide it into sub-goals. every day there is a sub-goal to fulfill which ultimately leads to the completion of the goal.
I have today. I plan to give today to HaShem.
Tomorrow I'll wake up and say "today I have to give today to HaShem". "Only today", I'll tell myself.
In any case that's my mantra. Today is different and I only have to work on today!