You have today to do, to be, to experience, and to share whatever it
is that burns within you heart to do, be, experience, and share.

You have today, and while it may not be enough for you, it is what you have for as long as it lasts.

You
have already begun today as you read these words. You have stepped into
the stream of life in the division of time that we name as individual
days and you have begun to participate in this one day that is
absolutely unique, It has never been before and never will be again.

You have it and, if you are like me, you have already wasted part of it.

You
will probably waste a bit more, but just thinking about how precious
the day really is, you have also already begun to consider how you will
make the best of it. You are plotting a course for what you will
accomplish and how you will enrich other people because, having
considered the remote possibility that this is your only day, you want
it to be significant.

You have today – at least part of it
because you are already in it. If it should be cut short, you will have
lived this day. If you make it to the end, you will have tomorrow.
Within one short second of completing a day, we have another.

This is not rocket science. Nor is it breaking news, but it is very, very important.

You
see, days tend to slip away and as they slip, they fall into an abyss
of neglect and despair. We look back and wonder where they went and
wish that we could recapture them and redeem all of our lost
opportunities.

We cannot – except in the sense that what we
accomplish today can bring meaning to yesterday. We can slowly
transform what is lost into something of meaning and hope. It has some
of the benefits of time travel without all the messy risk.

TODAY is:

T
– Temporal, temporary, and tempestuous. It is fleeting, but it is also
unpredictable and partially unknown. All we know for sure is that it
will end and that it will move in some way toward our intentions while
having a mind of its own and a tendency to surprise us.

O – Our
Opportunity to do something about our lives, enrich the lives of
others, reinterpret the past, and reinvent the future. It is one of a
kind and it is pregnant with possibilities.

D – Definite. We
definitely have today, right now to do something. Perhaps this is an
incentive to avoid procrastination of that thing that is burning in our
hearts. Make the D into a DO and DO the thing that you know you Desire
and need to do, that thing that relates to your Dream, that which your
fear has prevented until right now.

A – About Attitude. I use
the word "attitude" repeatedly in my acronyms, not because I can't
think of any other A words, but because it is so crucial to everything
about today, tomorrow, and the future. It determines our course; it
drives our dreams; it infects our motives; it orients our thinking; it
makes us or breaks us. We must see TODAY with an attitude of joy,
wonder, optimism, and responsibility as we embrace its power for good.

Y – YOURS! It is yours. What will you do with it?

May your today be wonderful and may you have many, many tomorrows. You do have today.