Today is Yours

Ready or not, today is here. 
Full of all that is yet to be.

Breathe it in and accept the gift. 
Let today wash over you with a thrill, 
An excitement of anticipation. 

Today is yours. 
Take it, embrace it, and live it. 
Move with it; refuse to halt in fear. 
Learn with it; refuse to deny growth.
Laugh with it; refuse to cater bitterness.
Love with it; refuse to close off options.

Take today and script stories.
Share a smile, give a little, hold out a hand. 
Pause to truly see and listen to really hear.
Celebrate something small with grandeur.
Take a risk, say YES, and dream grandly. 

Today is about choice. 
Choosing to give my best and be my best. 
Choosing to work with confidence.
The choice to serve others above self. 
Choosing to converse with kindness and clarity.
Choosing to interact with hope and sincerity.
The choice to show up, stand up, and lift up.

Today is not about tomorrow. 
I cannot get ahead of where I am today. 
Where I am today matters more than I am aware.

Today, I will have influence. 
I will be watched and heard. 
I will make a difference, for good or not.

There is great worth in today. 
Be tasked to find it, accept it, and excel in it.
Today is not given in vain or even in repetition.
No, today is a gift from God.
Unwrap it my friend. 
Unbox the hours ahead of you.
Unpack the possibilities before you. 

Today is breaking open.
Put aside the trepidation. 
Deny doubts and worries. 
Squash the inner voice of angst.
Bury the disappointment of yesterday. 
Do not allow then to poison now.
Today is new, fresh, and wild-
Waiting to be conquered fully and lived completely. 

This is the day that the Lord has made. 
Rejoice and be glad in it.*
Be glad through it.
At the end, be glad for it.

Today is yours. Gifted by God.
With His help and with your praise, 
May this be a beautiful, life-changing day.

Until next time my friend,

*Psalm 118:24 (NKJV)