Life begins anew each day.

Seedlings sprout and break through the surface of the ground. Acorns split open to one day become trees. People die, changing forever the landscape of each day in the lives they had touched. Babies are born and open their eyes to look at the world for the very first time. The sun rises creating a day different from the one before.

Love leaves. Love returns.

Chances are lost. Chances are found.

Hope dies. Hope flares to life.

As I think about the concept of each day being new life, I picture all the possibilities of thinking and living in this way. Imagine the hope that would burn bright and hot if we remembered that each new day holds an infinite amount of destinies.

The thought boggles my mind.

I read somewhere that a fly tends to live for only three days. The thought that an existence, and entire life span can last for only three days is hard to imagine. I’m not sure if this is factual or not, but if it were, and that fly had the presence of mind and awareness of living that we humans are so lucky to hold, what would that fly be thinking? How would it live its life? What choices would it make?

What about you?

If you knew you would be dead in three days what would you do? How would you treat each day? How would you interact with the world and your fellow humans? Would you take each day for granted and assume each 24 hours that passes holds no significance to your existence? Or would you understand that each day is fresh and new and filled with possibilities?

Would you put off those things which you hold close to your heart? Those things that matter, truly matter to you? Would you use the term “some day”? Would that even be part of your vocabulary?

How about the word “should”, or phrases like “I should have done this. I should do this”? Would that even be part of your language?

How would you treat those you love? How would you treat those less fortunate than you? How many people’s lives would you want to touch before you passed?

What would you want to learn each day? What would you want to experience each day? What would you want to feel each day?

Knowing your life would end in three days, who would you be? How would you express yourself to others? Would you ask for what you need and give all that you could in return?

Would you be the person you are now? Would you live your life in the way you’re living it now? Would you treat the people you care most about in the way you are treating them now?

Life begins anew each day.

This is so important to remember.

Why?

Because this new day may be your last. There are no promises that tomorrow will come. There is now guarantee that you’ll see another sunrise. There never has been.

So what guarantees are there?

There is today. This very moment. Right now. And this moment will never come again. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. And you can’t go back and relive it or change it, recreating it or all the possibilities, opportunities and feelings that were involved. Life doesn’t work that way. It never has.

Now is now. Today is today.

And with each day your life begins again. It’s up to you how you want that life to be. It’s up to you how you want it to begin. That is your choice. That is your guarantee. Always has been. Beyond that all bets are off. No promises. No rule book.

How will you begin your life today?

MY WAKE UP HOMEWORK: I will strive to remember that each new day is an opportunity to live my life as I was meant to live it. Each new day brings all possibilities and it is this present moment in which all things are possible. I will remember that each new day enables me to learn the lesson of living true to myself and others by loving, giving, taking, sharing and moving forward with my life in a manner that is meaningful, authentic and present to me and those I care about.

© 2011 Copyright Eden Robins