Decide to be at peace today and to make peace with those with whom you may have had differences of opinion. Today is, after all, the only day over which we have any control. Yesterday is gone and although its events coloured today, we can no more recall yesterday into being than we can Canute-like reverse the incoming tide. Tomorrow is in the womb of futurity and will be at least partly determined by what we do today.
We should therefore always pay great heed to today and try, as far as we can, not to leave hostages to fortune tomorrow by uncaring actions or thoughts. Because we can never be sure what tomorrow may bring, even if we will still be living in our earthly body, we should follow that sage advice and “live today as though it is our last day upon the earth.” Such a perspective would change many of our actions and thoughts. It would give us strangely enough, a new sense of freedom, releasing us from the stresses and cares that so often accompany our fears about tomorrow. We can focus instead on trying to leave behind in the minds and hearts of others memories of caring, love, happiness and joie de vivre. For ourselves it would give us the chance to try to see the best in people and ensure we capture as much as we can of the beauty of the world around us.
Have a wonderful day, full of love and beauty.
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