SEIZE the Day

As the end of 2009 is fastly approaching, there seems to be less time to do the things I’ve been saying I was going to do all year (i.e.: lose weight, start exercising, eating healthier foods on a regular basis . . . you get the picture). If I chose to see what I haven’t done, I might become discouraged (maybe even depressed).

So, I’m choosing NOT to focus on possible perceptions of my “failures”. Instead of seeing the glass as half empty, I’m seeing it as half full. That’s right; I’m going to seize the day.

After all, what other choice do I have? I can’t undo the past and I can’t control the future. Those things are wisely not in my hands.

What I can do is make the most of the present. Today. This hour. This minute. This second. That’s why I’m writing this blog. I’m choosing to express something that (hopefully) inspires others as it inspires me.

So, with whatever time I have left, I choose to invest it in things that bring me joy and happiness here and now . . . not somewhere down the road in the near or distant future. I advise you to do the same. The clock is ticking.

Seize the day.

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