Happy New Year 2011

It’s time to write my 3^rd New Year’s Day blog and so as not to be redundant, I decided to look back at my previous two messages and boy, did I have myself a pretty good laugh.  For the first one, it was all about resolutions and for the second one, it was all about not making any resolutions.  Wow, have things changed yet again.  To even

I will look forward to tomorrow for all of the wonderful moments that I can create, all of the work that I can accomplish and all of the fun and laughter that I can enjoy.  I will live each day to its fullest and be grateful for each day that I am given.

think about resolutions and goal setting is no longer a part of my life. 

I have discovered that life is all about doing the best that I can today and enjoying every minute of the day as this moment is all that I have been given.  I can’t exist in or think about the past as I have already lived it and I can’t change a thing about it.  I can’t focus on the future as I have absolutely no idea what that future will bring so why would I spend time on planning for the unknown.  But I sure can live and enjoy today and choose to make it a wonderful experience. 

I thought that I learned this lesson a long time ago as I wrote the lyrics to a song “The Painting” which is included on our Let Life Happen CD.  More than 10 years ago, I wrote these opening lyrics to that song: 

Each day is a canvas that I can paint upon,
The picture is complete when the night has come and gone,
And when a new day dawns I get a brand new start,
To create another masterpiece of my own special art 

And the closing lyrics are: 

And when the night has come and I look back to see
The picture I created from the artist that is me
I hope that I am proud of the efforts that I gave
And that today’s canvas is the best I’ve ever made 

Well, it is very obvious to me that I did not “learn” that lesson so very long ago but as I reflect upon these words, I do plan to live each day as if it were the first day of the New Year or the last day of my life.  Today is just as special as any holiday and to throw it away as “just another day” does not diminish the day but it diminishes me.  I have been given the gift of today and it is my right and my duty and now my wish to live it to its fullest.  I don’t want to feel any regrets at the end of the day about how I chose to live it. 

The important caveat is “how I chose to live it”.  I may want to accomplish 10 things today or I may choose to do nothing but watch football or read a book.  I may choose to pamper myself with a relaxing massage or work out for an hour.  I may choose to sleep most of the day or I may decide to take a walk in the rain.  The most important thing is that there are no wrong choices and nothing to regret at the end of the day as long as I have done nothing to hurt myself or anyone else.  And should I do something harmful or negative, I will ask for forgiveness, know that I will give my best effort to not repeat that mistake and move forward to enjoy the rest of the day.  

I will look forward to tomorrow for all of the wonderful moments that I can create, all of the work that I can accomplish and all of the fun and laughter that I can enjoy.  I will live each day to its fullest and be grateful for each day that I am given.  Although each day may not be “New Year’s Day”, each is a “New Day” and therefore should be celebrated accordingly.

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