Today Is the Day

by Melanie on March 17, 2018

in Affirmations, Family, Friendship, Going 60 MPH, Memoir

An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart.

Today is the day.

Not yesterday, which we can’t do anything about. Yesterday includes a lot of sweet memories–to be literal, in my case, a good haircut, a lovely visit with my tax professional, a delicious meal, and a win by the Washington Capitals. Some days aren’t so good, and can be a lot easier to remember: in my case, the day my mother died suddenly, the day of my bankruptcy hearing, the innumerable days I said too much or too little to a friend or colleague.

Not tomorrow, which we may never see. Tomorrow tempts us in different ways than yesterday does: I can put off a writing project until tomorrow (or the day after that, or the day after that). I can delay a difficult conversation until tomorrow (or the day after that, or the day after that). There are all kinds of things I can do tomorrow. You get the picture.

Today is the day: the day to be spiritually indifferent to what I might see as personal slights, to smile at that person on the street, to get odds and ends in order.

Today is the day.

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