Let's pretend that just for today - there is only today. Would you look at a tree differently? Would you believe that the tree is the most glorious tree around. If it is the only tree you've seen you might just say that the tree is the most beautiful around. And it is. Each and every single day is a time to experience your surroundings as if you had seen them for the first time. And maybe it's true. Some people sail through the years and decades not taking the time to notice the flower that grows near the side of the highway, the power of the sun as it gives warmth to our world, the accomplishments around them and achievements of their own families and friends. Each day should be lived to the fullest. Some believe that tomorrow will always come. But there is only today. And tomorrow, there is only today.
What will you do today? How will you take advantage of all the opportunities available and how will you remember today tomorrow? As one of stress, happiness, lessons learned? Just another day? Each and every moment, each chance encounter with a stranger or friend is a chance to give, to help, to grow, to learn. How will you grow today? In the space of 24 hours, how will you leave your mark? Will you pass up the chance or seize each moment to bare your soul and although you think yourself a grain of sand in a massive sandbox, one grain of sand can make a difference. That one grain of sand can get caught in a shoe and cause a person to stop whatever she is doing just to take her shoe off and shake out that abrasive and annoying bit of sand. Be the grain of sand. This is not to say that you should become annoying in any way to others. But be the one that causes another to stand back and take notice. If the woman had not sat down to take her shoe off she may have missed an important part of her day. The mere act of sitting down may cause her to remember some important errand. Be the grain of sand that causes others to take note.
Just for today be kind. It is amazing how much an act of kindness can affect one's body chemistry. Take the simple act of helping another cross a street. Feel the gratitude, the smile. It took a chemical change to cause that warmth in the heart, and how many muscles were involved in that smile? Compare this experience to one of complaceny and inaction or not doing the kind deed but standing back and waiting on another for action. What is gained? Is there now stress from a different chemical reaction occuring within the same body?
Just for today be the grain of sand that causes a reaction not inaction.
