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Today's
quotation:
I
have always been delighted
at the prospect of a new day, a
fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic
waiting somewhere behind the morning.
J.B.
Priestley
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Today's
Meditation:
This
is exactly what we've been given today-- a fresh
start. We have the choice of how we're going to
enter this day, how we're going to approach it, how we're
going to act during it. The day will do its share--
it has plenty to give us, plenty to make available
to us, plenty of wonder and magic all around for each one
of us. The question, I suppose, is whether or not
we're going to take advantage of what the day has to
offer.
On
this day, I'm going to have opportunities to talk to many
extremely nice people, people who have interesting things
to teach me if I'll take the chance to learn. I'm
going to pass by some very beautiful trees and flowers,
and I'll have the chance to see some beautiful
landscapes. I'll also have the chance to see some
fascinating architecture and some very unique buildings,
not to mention the great books and pictures and pieces of
art that are available to me whenever I want to look at
them.
What
happened yesterday really doesn't matter. I may be
facing some consequences of yesterday's actions, but I can
approach those completely independently of how things
occurred yesterday, no matter how negative or positive
they might have been. Today, I can use my fresh
start to forge a new day in my life, to define it on its
own terms, and to create something I can look back on with
pleasure and satisfaction.
There's
always a bit of magic waiting in every day. It's
kind of like the prizes in cereal boxes, though-- if we
don't look for them and seek them out, they stay there in
the box, unused, unnoticed, unappreciated. What are
you going to do with the magic that's in your new today?
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