One Day At A Time

It makes me sad that my beloved October is gone for another year! It seems
only yesterday I was jubilant about her arrival! I wonder why the things we love are so fleeting while bad things like illness and pain seem to last forever.

I have such a hard time letting go of my favorite things. Times. People. I want to hold onto them forever. I'm reluctant to move on – fearful of what tomorrow may bring. Yet, I try as hard as I can to live one day at time, existing only in this moment, this hour, and this day.

The idea is to make the most of each day, since we simply cannot know what will happen tomorrow.

I recently ran across these inspirational words and thought they might help me learn to let go, to move on and to truly live only one day at a time. I’d like to share them:

There are two days in every week

about which we should not worry,

two days which should be kept free

from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is Yesterday

with all its mistakes and cares,

its faults and blunders,

its aches and pains.

Yesterday has passed

forever beyond our control.

All the money in the world

cannot bring back Yesterday.

We cannot undo

a single act we performed;

we cannot erase

a single word we said.

Yesterday is gone forever.

The other day we should not

worry about is Tomorrow

with all its possible adversities,

its burdens, its large promise and

its poor performance;

Tomorrow is also beyond

our immediate control.

Tomorrow’s sun will rise,

either in splendor or

behind a mask of clouds,

but it will rise.

Until it does,

we have no stake in Tomorrow,

for it is yet to be born.

              ~Author Unknown