I WILL LIVE THIS DAY AS IF IT IS MY LAST :)

   I will LIVE this day as if it is my LAST. And what shall I do with this last precious day which remains in my keeping? First, I will seal up its container of life so that not one drop spills itself upon the sand. I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday's misfortunes, yesterday's defeats, yesterday's aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?

   Can sand flow upward in the hour glass? Will the sun rise where it sets and set where it rises? Can I relieve the errors of yesterday's and right them? Can I call back yesterday's wounds and make them whole? Can I become younger than yesterday? Can I take back the evil that was spoken, the blows that were struck, the pain that was caused? No.Yesterday is BURIED forever and I will think of it no more.

   And what then shall I do? Forgetting yesterday neither will I think of tomorrow. Why should I throw note after maybe? can tomorrow's sand flow through the glass before today's? Will the sun rise twice the morning? Can I perform tomorrow's deeds while standing in today's path? Can I place tomorrow's gold in today's purse? Can tomorrow's child be born today? Can tomorrow's death cast its shadow backward and darken today's joy? NO! TOMORROW lies buried with yesterday, and I will think of it no more.

   I will live this day as if it is my last. This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity. I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death. I lift my arms with GRATITUDE as I consider all who greeted yesterday's sunrise who are no longer with the living today. I am indeed a fortunate woman and today's hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the woman I know I can be?

   I have but ONE LIFE and life is naught but a measurement of TIME. If I waste today I destroy the last page of my life. Therefore, each hour of this day will I cherish for it can never return. It cannot be banked today to be withdrawn on the morrow, for who can trap the wind? Each minute of this day will I grasp with both hands and fondle with LOVE for its value is beyond price. What dying man can purchase another breath though he willingly give all his gold? What price would I dare to place on the hours ahead? I will make them PRICELESS!!

   The duties of today I shall FULFILL. Today I shall fondle my child while he is young; tomorrow he will be gone, and so will I. Today I shall embrace my man with sweet kisses; tomorrow he will be gone; and so will I. Today I shall lift up a friend in need; tomorrow he/she will no longer cry for help, nor will I hear his/her cries. Today I shall give myself in SACRIFICE and work; tomorrow I will have nothing to give, and there will be none t receive.

   So everyday of your life you must LIVE it as if it is the LAST day of your LIVES :)

 HAPPY EASTER!!





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