We’re not promised tommorow.

Sometimes there are events in our life that humble us, in some cases sober us. Ultimately these events make us realize that we are not promised tomorrow and that we need to cherish what we have and live in the moment. This exact moment. Not dwell on the past, or live in the future that may or may not come. Live in the present, the hour, the minute …. the moment.

I think it’s why I wear my LiveStrong bracelet daily. Never taking it off, and feeling naked if I ever do. My own personal reminder of days past, and hopefully days to come, and most importantly the appreciation and thankfulness I feel when I look at it, the realization that I’ve been given a second opportunity when others may not have been so fortunate. That this second chance is for me and for those who I share my life with. A second chance to do whatever it is I choose to do with my life.

In many regards I feel I’ve been given a couple hundred chances. Most of which I’ve not taken full advantage of, some I’ve squandered and in others I’ve grasped and held on so tight that it slipped out of my hands. In the very rare cases I’ve taken my chances at the most opportune moment and have made good on them.

Yet, I go back to my squandered opportunities, my lost chances and yet somehow, someway I keep getting new experiences that enrich my life daily. I get new chances to redeem myself, new opportunities to take advantage of.  I’m not sure what’s out there for me, but I do know somebody should be thanking his lucky stars, or dare I say, the big man upstairs?

We’ve had some bad times. Our relationship has been one sided for the most part, unless you consider me cursing him and wanting nothing to do with him. Most of the time I was too busy popping off at the mouth, and too blind to see the other opportunities I was given, or that I was to be given at the right time. When one door closes, two other door opens … So incredibly true. In my case though I’ve been blessed with When one door closes, another hundred open. 

One hundred doors are opened. All laid out in front of me, each one with a different journey, a different adventure just waiting to be entered and closed, just so another hundred journeys and adventures can be opened.

As I get older I see these opportunities shining bright, much like the northern star in the sky, guiding me along the way. As I get older I realize it’s these opportunities and chances that I’ve been blessed, and that I’ve been given, that I need to run with them. Live in the moment and not in the past, plan accordingly and not be derailed from this track of life, to not get ahead of myself.

Because I know now more than ever I’m not promised tomorrow, and I need to make the best of today.

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