Today is Another Day Here, and That’s Good

Each day you have is a new opportunity if you see it that way.Photo by Wesley Eland on Unsplash

Today is not yesterday. No matter what yesterday looked like or how it played out, today is a completely different and unique day.

Maybe it’s just another day. That, however, is a matter of perspective. Whatever approach you choose to the day, whether you make conscious choices or live via rote and routine subconsciously, today is another day here.

Like it or not, you will reach a last day here. That’s the nature of life. It ends in death. Yet every single day that you’re here, you are faced with choices, options, challenges, opportunities, and everything in between.

A lot is going on in the world at large that you and I have ZERO control over. We can’t make them stop being uncaring, unkind, harmful assholes, no matter how hard we try. You and I have no control there.

Where you do have control is with you, yourself, and your life experience. Even if it’s full of challenges and difficulties, so long as you’re here, you have choices and options. Thus, you can see that today is another day here, and that’s good.

Why is that good?

Maybe yesterday was amazing. And maybe it sucked. Perhaps you had something really pleasant happen, or maybe something unpleasant came to pass. It’s also entirely possible it was an utterly uninteresting day, or some wild combination of good, bad, amazing, horrific, and more.

The most important thing about this is that yesterday has come and gone. Today is a wholly new and unique day. Sure, you might have necessary routines to attend to. But while it might be similar to other days, today is another day entirely. And you’re here to experience it. That’s what’s so good.

I know you might be going through some shit. Life might be handing you an endless sack of garbage. I hope you can find ways to work with that and handle whatever is happening. But because you’re still here, it’s still good.

I recently injured myself. It’s a rather infuriating injury, because while I’m not presently in pain, I might need surgery to repair the damage. That will have quite the impact on my life over several months. I’m pretty sure it will suck mightily if it comes to that.

Still, I’m here. I have opportunities, potential, and possibilities, even if I have to get this issue surgically repaired. I still see it as good that I’m here for another day.

Photo by Elisabeth Arnold on UnsplashAnother day here is another day

The truth of being human is that you get a finite time on this planet in that body. Whatever you might believe about the immortality of the soul or your base in energy, as you are now, in this form, you will reach an end one day.

I know acknowledging this can be frightening. But it can also be liberating. Every day you are here is good. That’s because every day that you’re here is another opportunity, another chance to have a new experience, and more time to live your life how you would choose to live it.

We often focus on the big things. Marriage, buying a house, making a million dollars, producing children, and so on. Yet every day is another day to experience smaller, still amazing things. Like observing an amazing crescent moon in the sky, tasting a fresh cup of coffee, smelling cookies baking, laughing at a funny meme, and more.

Every day is different, even when there are similarities. That’s because change is the one and only constant in the universe. Every day, you get to decide when to be mindful and live via conscious awareness; and when to go with rote, routine, and habit, and live subconsciously.

How you view and approach your day is wholly yours to choose. Being grateful for the good of being here another day can impact how your day unfolds and plays out.

Moments in motion

I’ve had purely amazing, almost totally perfect (to my mind) days. Conversely, I’ve had horrific, awful, almost totally deficient days. Mostly, however, my days are a blend of good and bad, happy and sad, elated and annoyed, joyful and irked, and on and on.

This is why nontoxic positivity is so important. Almost nothing is all bad or all good, because that’s not the nature of the universe. It’s all about the yin and yang, scales to be balanced over time, and the like. Moments are in constant motion because change is in constant motion.

Some people find this frustrating, but I prefer to see it for potential and possibilities. As Yoda said,

“Always in motion is the future.”

That’s a reflection of the constancy of change. And it can be empowering if you choose to see it as such.

That’s why I say that today is another day here, and that’s good. Because even if I must face something unpleasant, I’m here, now. The bad will pass, and more good can and will be made or found. That leads me to ask: What choices shall I make and what will I do with that?

Can you see why today being another day, and you being here is good, maybe even amazing?

This is the seventh-hundred-fourteenth (714) exploration of my Pathwalking philosophy. These weekly essays are my ideas for – and experiences with – applying mindfulness and positivity to walk along a chosen path of life to consciously create reality.

I share this journey as part of my desire to make a difference in this world and empower as many people as I can with conscious reality creation.

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The first year of Pathwalking, including expanded ideas, is available here. Check out my author website for the rest of my published fiction and nonfiction works.

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