I can't
go back to yesterday,
because
I was a
different person then.
~ Lewis Carroll*
Was I
a better or a worse person yesterday? What I know for sure is that today I
have new experiences to reflect upon and a fresh perspective about now.
Today might be a "normal" day filled with the routine and the
ordinary but then one never knows what the world's news will be, what wonderful
surprises will occur, or what difficulties great and small will arise.
So, Dear God of All Possibilities, grant me the energy, curiosity, and persistence to explore all that this day offers. Let me accept all the busy-ness, relationships, moments of boredom, the stresses, the quiet, the noise, the laughter, the tears that this day may bring. I want to be aware of all the colors, the art, the music, and the characters that usually fade into the background in an everyday day. If it becomes an extraordinary day, I hope to have the reflexes to go with whatever comes. As I lay my head down on the pillow at the end of it, help me sift through the moments where I found You most present. And, might there be a refreshing and peaceful sleep to follow? I'll need all that will empower and motivate the different person I will be tomorrow. amen.
*Lewis Carroll [1832-1998] was the pen name of British born author, Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson, best known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through
the Looking Glass, and a host of other children's stories and
poems. A mathematics lecturer, he was also an avid photographer, wrote
political pamphlets, and essays.
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