Seize the Day

We truly do not know what tomorrow brings. So we better make the most of today and give our purpose our all.

This has come up twice this past week now. Once in the KJV Bible and another in a fiction book I'm reading: One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris. Two completely different types of context. The Bible's the Bible. But the one in the fiction book I'm reading came in the form of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which can be found here. It's short. And I'm really not one for poetry, especially in a fiction story. Only the last four lines of it were in the book, but it was good and the accompanying text that followed sat well with me.

The road we travel is wrought with struggle and we must exercise patience. Both the Bible and Longfellow encouraged that. That's why patience is a virtue. So if we focus on our work, and constant daily improvement and progress than we can do no harm. That in the end is our goal. To share our gifts in service for others.

Yet, and please do understand, that this does not mean giving your power away or you making yourself a bit player in your life instead of the lead. Oh no. We all should be working daily as the lead to our life's goal, regardless of the struggle, and not letting others choose our life for us.

So let's seize the day. Be upfront and center as the star of our own show and share our light, our gifts, with the world. It's not always easy, but it's a lot more fun. Because the alternative is becoming a bit part in someone else's show and that's just not as fun!

Close your eyes, set the goal, create a clear vision, feel yourself and see yourself having already achieve it. Be with that for a minute. Then, open your eyes, stand up, and take one small actionable step towards it.

Have fun and enjoy the struggle. That's actually the most fun. The most growth. Find the fun in failure. Fail forward. And laugh your way to the winners circle. Make every day count. Because tomorrow isn't guaranteed. But right now, this moment is. Seize it.