One Day at a Time

I had the amazing chance to go see my grandma last week. We enjoyed our time as we sang the old church hymn “One Day at a Time”. “One day at a time sweet Jesus…”  were about the only words she could remember at her age of 90 years old. I had to know the other lyrics to this song, so I looked them up. “One day at a time sweet Jesus that’s all I’m asking of you. Just give me the strength to do every day what I have to do. Yesterday’s gone, and tomorrow many never be mine, Lord help me today, show me the way.” Those words really got me thinking about my life and how quickly it is racing by. All the mistakes I have made and the mistakes I still make yet all the things I have succeeded at and still succeeding. Yet, I still have struggles to cope with life’s stresses sometimes. There are days I drop the ball and some days I don’t feel like picking that ball back up again. Yet, other days I’m on top of the world and everything goes great. What I realized is that we are all human with limited days. No matter what a day might bring my way, I have taken on the mindset of one day at a time. I once would dwell on my mistakes and hung on to the bad things that happened in the past. Now, when I have a bad day I chalk it up to just that, a bad day. If I have a day I screw up, I say I’m sorry to those I may have affected and take note of how I can do things better or different next time. In either case, I remember that tomorrow is a band new day. A fresh start to try again. Each day I have the choice in a split second to change my attitude and refocus. Each day it is my choice to put a smile on my face. My choice to be helpful and friendly and supportive to whoever may need it that day. If you’re in the midst of a cruddy day, set your thoughts on one day at a time and realize that whatever is going on will soon pass. The mindset of one day at time makes life less complicated. All anyone of us has is this very moment. No need to fret about the future or dwell in the past.  Give thanks for what’s going right each day and the rest of it…let it go!