Check marks continue to appear beside things on the list as I keep
pushing on through. Then I will head to L.A. for a day with my
grandson. So much to do. All important. All part of living the life
that is here. All essential to who we are.
As I continue moving through my list, moving through the day, I
think to myself how grateful I am for each day. I think how, while I
eagerly anticipate tomorrow and the lure of the road, today is a
special one as well. A very wise, yet anonymous, author said it well:
"Yesterday is a dream. Tomorrow is a vision. But today, well lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a
vision of hope."
The wisdom of the ages advises us to embrace opportunities each
day, to experience that day and not waste it. I push ahead with my
list, trying to stay with "well lived."
As the day reaches its end, an impatient gremlin calls, "Are we
there yet?" My patient mother part soothes, "Soon ... soon," and even
in the devastated South, people are picking themselves up and living
each day with that vision of hope for tomorrow.
* Cherril Doty is a creative life coach and artist, exploring the
mysteries of life as they come. You can reach her by e-mail at
cherril@cherrildoty.com or by calling 949-251-3883.
