Mornings

Today is so bright and beautiful, with so many new and fresh opportunities. I don't want to miss any of them. I love to be standing at the doorway of a new day and see all that this day could hold. The loving words of a friend, the smile of someone you don't know, the gentle breeze on your face, the sun shinning on you, the way the day smells as it begins to unfold. I know not all days are as peaceful. Some days are filled with strife, hurt, anger, deception, lies, and pain. But with all that, the reason that I love the start of a day so much is that the day before has past, the rough night has somehow lessened as the morning begins. I also love that the hard times, pain and all that went with the previous day can be looked at with a new view and with a new set of eyes. To hold new dreams and visions, to know that today can be better, to see that life moves on, that good things can come to you even if the day before brought pain. There are days like today when you can see it as the opportunity to bless others, to serve where needed, to show that you live for soemthing bigger than yourself, to be able to know that your place in this world, to someone you might be their whole world. You never know today who you might meet, or who you might touch. You never know when your world might just collide with someone you have needed in your life. You just don't know if that person has also needed you. There is no way to tell unless you let go of yesterday and cling to today. Remember you are only promised today so take it all in and live every moment as if it were your last. Share with someone else and help them see that today could be the start of something new.

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