Today is never again

William Michael Forbes



Pssssst...Yes, you! Did you know that in reality each day only comes once? wmf

A Well Known Fact:
While it is true that they can clone a body, it is also true that they cannot recreate the personality of the individual...that is the magic of change...the magic of every moment!

As a child I remember the fascination I had with the sun rising...the oranges and gold that peaked over the city’s horizon shortening the shadows of the night before. Even on grey cloudy days...there was something about the newness...that just made me feel like a car with its accelerator and break pressed at the same time...I could hardly wait to release the brake and get into the day. That process ended at around age nine and I spent the rest of my childhood, all of my adolescence and the earlier years of my adulthood dreading each and every day....in fact I could hardly wait until I was tired enough to fall asleep.

Around age twenty-two, I was studying Gestalt Therapy and through the experiments in self actualization I began to reawaken the child part of me that loved every moment of its being. Since then, more than twenty-five years later, I still love opening my eyes to the mornings and keeping myself conscious throughout the day...I try to appreciate everything that I can , the good, the bad, the happy, the sad as they are all part of the preciousness of being in a material body. I have been asked many times how I keep my energy up...what it is it I do to be so buoyant through the day...and while I am not upbeat every single moment...I think I’ve got it to about eighty-percent of the time (and rising!) which brings us to today’s How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less activity.

The moments that are passing as you read this can never, ever be repeated. Each and every molecule of physical reality is an ever changing alphabet soup of matter, energy and consciousness...and all of us are part of this soup...each of us a unique cosmic flavour adding our own little spice to life. Yesterday I suggested that you appreciate yourself for one minute every hour, today it’s about appreciating today and everything else around you for at least one minute every hour. From the moment you opened your eyes, to the clothes you put on, to the shower you have...the food you eat, the coffee you drink, the people you see, the birds you hear, the clouds and sky you see....think appreciative thoughts for all of it for at least one minute every hour and if you find your mind drifting into those old familiar grooves of familiar mundane insanity...do this activity. Heck try this everyday for a week and you’ll be amazed...at how much good their already is in your life and...

Have a great day!

William