Just for Today// One Day at a Time

Living in today. This helps applying the last post. However the truth is that, like the saying, most of us spend our days either living in the past and/or future, thus with one leg and yesterday and one leg in tomorrow, you are pissing all over today. Today is a gift from God that is why it’s called the present. Ok enough of the clichés, however do you know how a saying becomes a cliché? The test of time has proven it as a truth! Anyways back to the topic at hand. A lot of us spend enormous amounts of time reliving past experiences, mistakes choices. It is all a waste of time! History cannot be changed; perhaps a very small time can be spent constructively learning from the error. However key word small amount. The past is the past; Let the dead bury the dead. There is a very large amount of us who spend far too much time in the future. Dreaming of a better life, instead of creating it today. Worrying about how the kids are going to be able to go to college/university. How this or that is going to get paid. Not to mention the incredible amount of time spent fruitlessly on “what ifs”. You may have an inkling of what the future MAY bring. However in reality you can never fully know. Life can change in an instant! Nobody woke up today planning to fall from a ladder, drown, have a car accident, be hit by a vehicle, slip on a walkway and become paralyzed ETC... In short Life happens. Yes you can spend a LITTLE amount planning for things a vacation, bill payments, retirement and planning a budget, however these are short little chores. Done and over with, occasionally a little time spent re-evaluating and adjusting.

However Life is what happens when you’re planning for it, unfortunately for most, by the time they finish planning and refining their plans for life it is almost over and they have missed the best parts. There are no ordinary moments. Life is NOW. Live it. Experience it. This does not mean that we become irresponsible and live like there is no tomorrow forsaking our familial or financial responsibilities. It means learn how to appreciate today. The encounters with others, including co-workers families, strangers. Notice the sunrise, the sunset, the flowers, and the wind. Live today as if it might be your last, with the capability that it might not be. If you do this you will live this life more fully and abundantly. Because in all reality today is your life PERIOD. Yesterday is history, and nothing you do can change it, and Tomorrow might not come, or might be completely different that anything you would have thought. And if you live today to the fullest. Than tomorrow will take care of itself and you’ll be all set to repeat the procedure of abundance.
Remember God does not create garbage