today

I was short on reading materials the other day and I decided to re-read some brain candy I had lying around.  When I re-read books I will usually jump in and read chapters that I enjoyed or didn’t understand very well the first time.

In this book I jumped to the last chapter.  This is one of those serial novels that continues on in the next book.  The last line of the book caught my eye:

“Life was good, at least for today”

This got me thinking that this is something that we all need to consider more.

Most of us look at the bad times in our lives and focus in on that.  When people write about their lives they mainly talk about the challenges and hardships that they faced in the past and how that altered their lives, but so much gets left behind.

Sure these moments are important.  They help build and shape our character and if we survive them, they make us stronger.  But living exclusively in those moments of stress and pain and forgetting about the rest of life can warp you over time.  You start getting a dour outlook on life and think that all there is to life is work and sacrifice.

I’m not saying that we should turn a blind eye or ignore the problems of life.  We all have these challenges that we need to overcome in our daily lives.  Getting these things done is a priority.

But sometimes when things are going well, when we’re enjoying ourselves and life’s worries aren’t actively pressing down on our shoulders we should really take the briefest of moments and reflect “Life was good, at least for today.”

Capture that moment in your mind.  Hold it close and don’t let go of it.  Keep it in the back of your mind along with other good moments.  These will help see you through the coming crises and dark times in your life.  They will help offset the bad and let you remember that things will get better.

Life was good, at least for today.  Why can’t we focus more on that.