Tuesday, November 20, 2018

On This Very Day



      We may have dreams, and we may make plans, and so we should. There should be a place in us that casts far into the future and imagines ourselves as bringing our talents and love to bear. But it’s also good to remember that we have only one day at a time to deal with. No matter what we may anticipate for tomorrow, there is still this day that is ours to live. Who knows whether or not today will be our last? It probably won’t be, but we can be reminded that our best is before us to give.

Is there someone who needs our attention....

Is there someone who needs our attention and love? A child perhaps whom we can lift with our special concern? A task that we are especially equipped to do? We do ourselves no favor by making less of ourselves, and we do life no favor by denigrating what we uniquely can offer.

We owe it to ourselves...

This day will never return. Its possibilities will be gone when the clock turns to midnight. We will be one day older and one day less involved. Certainly we owe it to ourselves to look out into what is before us. Certainly we owe life the vitality and energy it so willingly gives us. One foot in front of the other. That is all it takes to begin!


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