It is so easy for us to take things for granted. It is so easy for us to become negative because of all of the bad things that are going on around us. It is so easy for us to get wrapped up in the drama of our lives, along with our ups and downs and troubles and trials.
Now more than ever, there is a need for us to try and live our lives more fully, and always in the present moment and not letting our heartaches about the past or our anxieties about tomorrow cheat us out of the riches of today.
Spiritual writer David Steidl-Rast emphasizes this challenge of staying in the positive. “You think this is just another day in your life. It’s not just another day; it’s the one day that is given to you today. It’s given to you; it’s a gift. It’s the only gift that you have right now, and the only appropriate response is gratefulness. If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response to the great gift that this unique day is, if you learn to respond as it it were the first day of your life and very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.”
Our challenge is to not lose sight of the larger presence of grace because of minor irritations. Our challenge is that we spend today, and all our days, in the positive. If we can do this, our possibilities are limitless!
