This twenty-four hours--don't let them slip away!

We've all seen the signs that read "carpe diem," or "seize the day."

Often it refers to not letting an opportunity slip by. Nike said the same thing differently in their famous slogan, "Just do it!"

We all know what road good intentions pave, don't we? Days scamper by while we're not looking. Years pass and we wonder where they went.

Lately I've had new reminders that life can end suddenly, as it has for people we've known. So I'm newly aware that I want to make each day count.

I ran across a quote from Francis Gray that expresses this truth well.

Look well to this day.

Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision.

But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day. 

So here's the word for today, for you and for me, whatever our situation: Let's live today as if it's the only day we have...because it is.

Or to quote the psalmist,

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

                                                                                              --Psalm 118:24

So let's live fully and rejoice--today and every day!

Lenore

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