I will live this day as if it is my last. This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity. I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death. I lift mine arms with thanks for this priceless gift of a new day. So too, I will beat upon my heart with gratitude as I consider all who greeted yesterday’s sunrise who are no longer with the living today. I am indeed a fortunate man and today’s hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the man I know I can be?”
―Og Mandino
Often people say-“oh it is
too late to change , things, too late to change myself, to late for anything
for time has passed me by”. Have you ever wondered on the saying-“today is the
tomorrow you were worried about yesterday?” Thus-as long as one is breathing it
is never too late to make any changes, start new ventures, or undergo new
transformations.
This sentiment often turns
up on one`s doorstep as “new years resolutions”, though I have given up on
those, as I find I am too demanding on myself and eventually do nothing as it
all becomes far too overwhelming. So, now I just plan the work, and work the
plan-and put up small goals for myself to try and achieve-that seems to
work-often till at least end of April, which is better than the second week of
January.
This year, or rather last,
as we are now in January-I came to sort of an epiphany around-well not
around actually on the 15th
of December, was the actual turning point-or as I call it the 100th
money finally hitting the water. A complete turn around in everything-not just
within myself, but around me. Yes-changing the way one looks at things, makes
the things change-be it alchemy, magic or just coincidence, it works.
I see things around me
that I have totally missed and I find it
so invigorating in my life-it`s
like waking up all energized and filled with joy and love for life. I
know-this is nothing special, but it is when one`s entire being is involved in
this new phase of life. Maybe it is all
in the mind-perhaps we just become aware of the things that we have learnt,
heard in the past-like that #1 is a new beginning , or that #5 is change-and
our subconscious responds to it in kind.
But not to beat a dead
horse to death- allowing old emotional baggage down the river is very
rejuvenating –and allows one to look at things in a different light. So-each
day I look at it as a new beginning, a new chance at doing , trying
things-never too late for anything at all. We are all here for a purpose, to grow to
expand and allow our divine self to flower, to love-and to make our lives happy, joyous
and loving . Each experience allows us to see beyond ourselves, but we need to
see and value the gifts we have been given. Having said all this-one just has
to take the first step and get going on the new path-for it is such a great day to be alive. Now-believe it!
“I was not delivered unto this world in
defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be
prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep
with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease
is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my
destiny.” –Og Mandino
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