Today is Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005; Karen's Korner #677
Maybe it is because our daughter's best friend's mom died over the weekend; maybe it is because Phyllis was the same age as I am; and maybe because sometimes I forget to laugh at myself, and sometimes to laugh with others because of something they might have said or done--that I liked a writing shared recently by Lavonne Isenberger:
TODAY
Today I will delete from my diary
Two days: yesterday and tomorrow
Yesterday was to learn
And tomorrow will be the consequence
Of what I can do today.
Today I will face life
with the conviction that this day
will not ever return.
Today is the last opportunity
I have to live intensely,
as no one can assure me
that I will see tomorrow's sunrise.
Today I will be brave enough
not to let any opportunity pass me by,
my only alternative is to succeed.
Today I will invest
my most valuable resource: my time
in the most transcendental work:
my life.
I will spend each minute
passionately to make
of today a different
and unique day in my life.
Today I will defy every obstacle
that appears on my way
trusting I will succeed.
Today I will resist
pessimism and conquer
the world with a smile,
with the positive attitude
of expecting always the best.
Today I will make of every ordinary task
a sublime expression.
Today I will have my feet on the ground
understanding reality
and the stars' gaze
to invent my future.
Today I will take the time to be happy
and will leave my footprints and my presence
in the hearts of others.
Today, I invite you to begin a new season
where we can dream
that everythign we undertake is possible
and we fulfill it,
with joy and dignity.
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