Today

I opened the window this morning and I took in a long breath and the cool damp air filled my lungs and brought joy to my heart. A smile crept onto my face and for a moment all was well with the world. Tim and I had breakfast and  just like every Saturday morning I saw him off on his bike ride. My world is exactly as it is supposed to be......filled with love and life. Then I remembered that not everything in this world today is right, there is great sadness that has filled my friends world. Today she will lay her husband to rest and her children will say goodbye to their dad. This is a reminder that we have today but tomorrow has never been promised to any of us.

The beauty of life and this world greets us every morning but there are so many mornings we take this for granted. We forget to tell our families we love them one more time before we step out of the door and into the world. We forget to show simple kindness to strangers because why worry about that today, we always have tomorrow. What if you didn't? What if you knew that all you had was today? What would you do? Would you sleep in past the calling of your alarm? Would you call in sick and spend every waking moment drinking in the love of your family? What would you do if you didn't have a tomorrow?

What we would each do does not matter, what matters is that you have a list and the list continues to get longer and longer because like the saying, why do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Stop adding to your list and do something right now! Spend a little more time with your family and make sure every moment they know how much they have been loved. Smile! I have heard people say that one simple smile from a stranger turned their entire day around. Make someones day with this simple gesture of warmness. Eat dessert before dinner and then again after. Show kindness to yourself. Accept your faults and love the moments in life that have made you who you are today. Forgive yourself for your shortcomings in the past and remember that many people love you just as you are in this moment. Be thankful for what you do have and stop worrying about what you don't and remember the only reason your neighbors grass is greener is because they do not mow it. 

We each have such a limited amount of time in this life. We do not know when our last day will be but we can prepare the world we leave behind by touching everyone's lives you come in contact with. Do not make your mark on this world by how you leave it, make your mark by the memories others will carry on. Love, laughter and kindness, you can not think about those words without smiling. So what are you waiting for? Decide today that those are your priorities and if for some reason your tomorrow never comes at least you didn't put off today what you could have done tomorrow.