Some people look back on what they call the “good old days” as if all the joy and success of those days will never happen for them again. In other words, life then was great, but life today is not, and never will be like the “good old days.”
In my past, I have some really fond memories of some really good times. I also have some memories of some very difficult and challenging times. But regardless of good, bad or mediocre, the past is still the past.
Meanwhile, as life goes on, I look forward to some great days ahead. I anticipate and expect for things in my life to continue to get better, not worse. But those days are still future. I cannot live in the future, nor can I go back and live in the past.
I am left with only this moment to live; I can only live right now, today, in the present. In fact, I can only live one minute at a time. I am living in the now.
The present moment that you are living in right now was yesterday’s future. This very moment will soon become your past. The question is, when this moment becomes your past, will it be something good, bad, or mediocre?
Far too many people try to just survive the moment that they are living in. Many are struggling to just get through another day. Countless people wake up with a lack of enthusiasm to face the new day ahead of them.
When was the last time you talked to someone really excited about “today?” How about you? Can you recall the last time you were bubbling over with anticipation of a new day? Waking up with excitement and anticipation is, for the most part, reserved for the day someone leaves for a fun filled vacation, certainly not just an average ordinary day.
Instead, people choose to remember the “good old days.” They reflect on how much better life was back then; how much more fun they had in their lives back then; how much easier and simpler life was, back then. Going through life with that kind of an attitude, those “good old days” become more and more distant as each new uneventful day passes. Hopes and promises of the future become dimmer as days turn into weeks, and weeks turn into months.
But, if you want to, you can choose to embrace life! You can choose to live your life the best that you know how right now, today. You can make the choice each morning that you are going enjoy the life that you have been given today.
Begin today building brand new “good old days” by carrying an attitude of expectation. Greet each new day with anticipation. Keep your eyes open during the new day for ways that you can help and contribute to someone else’s life.
Today is the only day that you can live, and it’s your choice how you live it. You choose whether to be in a good mood or a lousy mood. You choose whether to be productive or to be lazy. You choose whether to lend a hand to someone in some way or not.
Endeavoring to live each new day with anticipation and expectation is truly living life and not just existing and surviving. And while there will always be challenges and obstacles that everyone must face from time to time, we can also choose to meet those as well with expectations of finding solutions.
You can choose to start each new day however you want to. You can choose to survive and just try to get by. You can go through your new day expecting more of the same.
But, on the other hand, you can start each new day by thanking God for the life that He has given you. You can ask Him for help and direction. You can then live each new day looking for and expecting His blessings.
With that kind of an attitude, you will be truly living. You will not only see a positive change in your own life, but you will be much more inclined to love others and thus you will make a difference in their lives as well. And, you will be building brand new, “good old days.”
Michael A. Verdicchio offers a FREE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP to, “Enriching Your Life Now!” as well as a FREE NEWSLETTER at www.ConfidenceAndJoy.com He also offers a FREE series of articles on success at www.ReducingStressAtWork.com
Michael is a husband, father, minister, author, and broadcaster. He has also been the voice on numerous projects and productions including Mike’s Pep Talks!
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