Every day passes by us whether we want it to or not. Each day will bring times of happiness or sadness. Times of joy and blessings with times of frustration and stress. We never know what the day will bring. And we don’t know if there will be a tomorrow. It is so easy to get wound up in past events, that we lose out on the blessings of today. Every day is a chance for difference. A chance for more and for better. To seize the day.
The shadow of the past
I fight my past every day. Constantly battling the worry about being good enough. I am always quiet around people, worried I will say something that sounds stupid. And to top everything off, I have a bad habit of not doing something out of my comfort zone. So many times I am faced with opportunities to make a difference in my life, but I get scared and revert back into my usual routine. Each time becomes a moment missed, that will never return.
Short time
We are given a short time on this earth to live. Whether some find a few years or a hundred, it never seems to be enough. And as I age every year, I wonder what I would want to be remembered as. What has my life brought to my loved ones? When I think about my dad and the life I had with him, I can easily remember the times we shared. The love of music and learning about new things. How would I want to be remembered by my child? Because sitting on a couch all day doing nothing is not one of them. I want him to remember all of the times we shared together. And how I was there when he needed me.
Path forward
As I move on in my path to taking care of myself, I have come across various sayings that similarly say “the only one that can really take care of you, is you. No one else can do it.” I take care of many people as a mother, wife, friend, sister, and daughter. And my loved ones may try to care for me. But ultimately, it is on me and me alone to care about myself. So, sitting here, dwelling on what happened in the past, well it is just silly. All it does is rob me of precious time today. Pull me away from hours of finding laughter in my life.
One step
Each day we wake up, we have a chance to make it better than the previous. The new year, many set goals and resolutions to change their lives for once. What we need to do it set the goal to make a change for tomorrow. Something simple like, I will eat 1 extra piece of fruit tomorrow. Or I will use the stairs to get to work instead of the elevator. One change for the day. A new change for the next. Taking the time to seize the day, one step at a time.
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