Your life is now, so enjoy it before you lose it or it passes you by. Seize the day and make it everything you ever imagined. Get up early. Read His Word and meditate on His goodness as you savor that second cup of coffee before the chaos of the day begins.
Fill up your gas tank and grab some snacks. Crank up the tunes and take the road less traveled. Hike the most scenic trail and don’t forget your camera. Stop along the way and pick the wildflowers. Get lost and be found. Ask a local for directions to the best fishing hole or local diner. Order the daily special and then eat the dessert first.
Discover what you’re passionate about and pursue it. If you are lucky enough to call it your job, you’re blessed. Better yet if it’s your mission you will never retire. Add fun things to your “To Do” list. Hug your coworker or buy their lunch this week. Tell your boss how much you appreciate them and how blessed you are to have a job.
Be grateful for every breath you have the privilege of taking. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Realize in the big scheme of things, it’s all small stuff. Be the best version of yourself and help others to accomplish the same. We all have gifts. We all have talents. Each one is just different but nevertheless needed. We all have something that we were created for – a general purpose and a higher calling. Find it and follow it.
Find your voice and tell your story. No one can tell it better than you can. If someone needs help finding their voice, encourage them and cheer them on. While you’re here, be brave, be bold, and maybe even be a little wild at heart. Enjoy your youth while you have it and go on lots of adventures while your body can keep up with your bucket list. Make new friends along the way and cherish old friends who over the years have become more like family. Treasure your family and closest friends. Teach your children while they are young. Celebrate your children as they become adults and give you grandchildren to brag about.
In a world known to be cruel at times, choose to be the opposite. Be honest, be generous but most of all – be kind. Your word may be the only kind thing someone hears today. So remember, kindness really cost nothing but its absence cost everything.
The heart can be deceiving but the Holy Spirit is always revealing. So don’t grieve Him. Listen to your conscience. God gave it to you for a reason. Every day we have plenty of information thrown at us, so put down your phone. Pick up your Bible because what we all need is a revelation not a revolution.
Forget what’s behind you. Press forward to the prize ahead of you. Forgive those who have hurt you. Bless those that curse you. Don’t just do one good deed for the day – do two or three then stop counting.
Whatever you do, see the best in people. Know how beautiful you are – inside and out, little or stout. Smile and make the world wonder what you’re up to. You only get one life to live – don’t regret it. Live it and love it because your life is now.
