Give thanks for the day - Today!

Give thanks for the day

I took a break from my writing today to think about all the things I could do with today. The thought came to me as I woke up this morning when I realized that, in spite of the fact that I had many things on my mind last night, I had slept very well. So, I said to myself why not write down ten things I could do with today and see if I can do them all. So here goes, or here went; this is not good English, but read it anyway;

• Give thanks to God for life, health and another day. 
• Pray, mediate, and build my spirit; nurturing patience and character. 
• Write; my thoughts ideas and dreams; work out how to pursue them and get them done. 
• Exercise – yes do some exercise. Modern life is “too much full” of sitting down. 
• Eat; -  cook something, conscientiously – really well and enjoy it. How else can I give yourself a treat? 
• Work; work on a project I have wanted to see come to fruition. And even if I do not finish it today. I will have made progress and developed something new. 
• Manage money- that sounds like a chore, but all chores need to get done -  if I want to live in a clean house. 
• Relate; share the day with someone; neighbor, shopkeeper, a child, a friend ... touch base with humanity it helps keep your sanity. Many things are just vanity. 
• Read, and go to places I have never been in books and the adventures of So and So. 
• Deal with the troubles of the day. Let tomorrow take care of itself. That is hard to be done, but I must learn to let it go. 
• Take a walk outside and enjoy nature. It is free. it is therefore you. The stage and scene was set without you. It awaits you to show you all the wonders of creation – this is the purest gift life offers you - to be part of it -  to celebrate it- you can find in any day – from sunrise to sunset. 
• Enjoy whatever I get to do today with a warm smile. I really cost nothing, but a memory. Just a memory. Some people say that is life.  

Only the first item really had a place value in this hierarchy. And many more things came to me quite easily as I came to the end of the ten. I could have added, “take a nap”, but that is what I mostly do at night. That made me realize that -Nobody can really say they have nothing to do with a day, today or any other day. At the end of the day you get to realize that all these things are privileges that some people never get to do in any one day. Or any day. It is easy to take them for granted. I think the secret is in giving thanks for every day. Yes, every single day. Say THANK YOU for the day, today.

Allan Bukusi