October 11, 2012

How To Enjoy The Moment

I remember a friend of mine kept a sign on his desk that helped him maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, "Yesterday Ended Last Night." It reminded him that no matter how badly he might have failed in the past, it's done, and today is a new day.

It’s easy it is to be bogged down by the regrets of yesterday, and to be immobilized by the uncertainties of tomorrow, as we go through the day alternating between "Why did that have to happen yesterday?" and "What if I can't handle what happens tomorrow?"

Let me suggest that neither your regrets or your fears have anything to do with what really matters: the remaining hours of this day. Each day has enough trouble of its own, Jesus said. No point in worrying about tomorrow when today's plate is already full -- with trouble, yes, and opportunity, too. And so much potential.

I want to encourage you to decide today that you will give no weight to what's already gone, that you will spend no emotional energy on what is yet to arrive. Instead, invest everything you have today in today. It makes this day a whole better, and tomorrow a whole lot brighter.

The key to success is in doing things in order of their importance. Each day my challenge is to determine the 5 most important tasks and do them one by one. I'm not always successful but tomorrow's a new day.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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