Today is the First day of the Rest of Your Life...

Seems simple doesn't it....Today is the first day of the rest of your life. A real no brainer. Duh. But, the thing is, how many of us really, truly look at each day as if it were the first or even the last? For the past three years, I have been looking for a light at the end of the tunnel always thinking at the end of the day "Well, it wasn't there today", but what if there weren't a tomorrow? I have been spending each day as if the days would go on forever and frankly, I know better than that. Today really is the first day of the rest of my life and, God forbid, within one quick second it could be my last. Happy thought isn't it.
With this much in my mind, I proclaim today to start living what I preach and living each day as if I might die the minute I walk out the door. There are dangers around each corner, but so far, I have been able to avoid many of them. Avoiding them, however, has not always made me realize how dear and prescious life is, so today, I will treat life as a very fragile robin's egg--beautiful and hard on the outside, able to withstand almost anything, but also able to be destroyed by a single fall from it's mother's nest.
Now, I'm not saying that I am getting ready to star in my own version of "It's a Wonderful Life, standing at a bridge and waiting for angel Clarence to come and show me how everyone's life would have been affected if I weren't there. I'm saying that I am ready to start over. I see what needs to be done and, by golly, I am going to do it.
This much said, within the year, I hope to see the NEW! IMPROVED! NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON TV! Rachel and I hope someone out there will join me to cheer me on. This is the first day of the rest of my life and the first day of the new me. Now............if I can just hang on until tomorrow!:)