Today

You know how people always say that today is the first day of the rest of your life? Well, I guess it’s true, but then does that mean that everyday you start everything anew? For example, we all make New Years resolutions because the new year is a good time to start to break old habits and make new ones. Then we can say things like, "I decided that 2007 was the year that I would stop getting drunk every night." But, within weeks, we are laying on the cool, soothing bathroom floor, wishing our insides would stop forcing themselves out.
My point? Today really is a new day, but not completely new. It’s like a "new" jacket from the thrift store. It’s new to you, but it still has on it residue from the past. That does not mean that we should not take that jacket home, clean it up, and wear it with our best pair of jeans, right?
So, today, I am gonna try this: I am going to look at my goals, both short and long term, and see how my life is furthering or hindering my progress in meeting those goals.
I have already realized that eating breakfast at my favorite fast food place everyday is not really gonna help me fit into those cute too-small clothes that live in my bottom drawer. And, it also won’t help me pay off my enormous debts. Therefore, I am taking time to make some oatmeal at home this morning.
We have to start with little things, in our own lives. Then we can move on to correcting larger mistakes and wrongs, with ourselves and our worlds.
Let’s challenge ourselves today to make ourselves just a little bit healthier or happier.