Today I woke up early. The alarm clock interrupted my dreaming, and as much as I would have liked to sleep a little longer, it was time to start my day.
Due to new restrictions in our country, we had to close our business. My husband is now looking for a new job. Our budget is tight, but we haven’t missed a meal and the bills are paid. We may need to cut out some luxuries, but we have all our necessities.
So, I dedicate myself to my morning gratitude exercise. Instead of looking at what I lack, I focus on the good things, I focus on the present.
The past is over; I can’t return and undo it, although sometimes I wish I could. The future doesn’t exist yet. Today is all I have to live my life to the maximum—to love, to care, to succeed.
If I fail, I’ll start the process over again tomorrow, but with more wisdom and maybe more courage.
I appreciate the moment; it’s like a valuable treasure—shining, gorgeous, golden. It’s all I have, it’s all that matters.
I have stopped wasting energy worrying about tomorrow. I have stopped filling my agenda with multiple tasks until there is no more space left to write. Instead, I set my priorities and let God rearrange them as He sees fit.
I set medium- and long-term goals, but I concentrate my energies on today … and suddenly I relax.
I look at my blessings, and because of God’s goodness in my life, I can start my day with gratitude on my lips, a spring in my step, and a song in my heart.
Today, just today, is all I need to do God’s will, to work toward my goals, to learn, to give, and most of all, to love.
Today I count on God’s grace and His guidance and supply as I have for the last four decades. He has never failed me, so I do not want to fail Him.
Today is a divine gift.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:11,1 NKJV).
And for me, the season is today!