We've Got TODAY!

 Happy Friday, Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great day as a glorious new day begins to dawn in my Sweet Home Alabama! 😊

Do you know what you and I have? TODAY!!! Right now, as I am beginning this day, it is a blank canvas. I have read and written notes and now I am here. This day is not inherently good or bad…it is simply an opportunity. I get to choose what I will do with this day and so do you! 😊

We have all heard “you never know when it will be your last day” or we have been implored to “live like you are dyin’.” While it is true, I want to look through a different lens. Instead of, “hey, this could be your last day”, I want to look through the lens of, “Hey! You have this day!!!” Make sense?

So, what attitude have you chosen for today? Have you been intentional? Have you already determined in your mind that this is going to be a good day? Or a bad one? Have you already determined that you are going to give your best to everything you do today? Or have you determined that you are just going to try to get through this day? Have you determined that you are going to pursue your hopes, your goals, and your dreams? Or have you decided you are going to live your fears, your regrets, and your failures? Are you looking at the opportunities that are available before you today? Or are you dragging the weight of the regrets of yesterday, and perhaps many yesterdays, behind you?

You have TODAY, and so do I! We get to author it however we want. My Bible tells me that God’s mercies are new every morning, and that this is the day that the Lord hath made…let us rejoice and be glad in it! Have we started there? With a joyful heart that we have today! With the recognition that our failing moments don’t define us and that we can create a better tomorrow by living a great today! It is totally up to us…not our situations or circumstances. We can, regardless of what is going on around us, choose to pursue the greatness that is within us. We can choose to love, care for, and serve others well…whether it is reciprocated, recognized, and/or appreciated or not. We have TODAY!

I pray that we will all look at the opportunities before us with childlike wonder! I hope we will look past the challenges and relentlessly pursue the opportunities! I pray we will live this day to the very best of our ability, emptying it of every last drop of it’s potential.

So what has me all fired up this morning? I regularly catch myself singing lyrics from the Matthew West song, “What If.” The lyrics I sing are “What if today’s the only day I got? I don’t wanna waste it if it’s my last shot.” Inspires me!!!

Here are the lyrics to the full song. I would encourage you to read them and listen to the song. Let the words wash over you and speak to your soul.

"What If"

I've heard 'em say before to live just like you're dying, yeah

Wish I could say that's how I am but I been lying, yeah

Lying in my bed at night, and one too many times I'm thinking

What if, what if

My biggest fear is waking up to find what matters

Is miles away from what I spent my life chasing after

Is my story gonna have the same two words in every chapter?

What if, what if

But last I checked this heart

Inside my chest is still beating

Well, I guess it's not too late

What if today's the only day I got?

I don't wanna waste it if it's my last shot

No regrets in the end

I wanna know I got no what ifs

I'm running till the road runs out

I'm lighting it up right here right now

No regrets in the end

I wanna know I got no what ifs, yeah

See, I refuse to be a shoulda woulda coulda been

I can't go back in time, I don't have a DeLorean

What I'm trying to say is I don't wanna say these words again

What if, what if

But last I checked this heart

Inside my chest is still beating

Well, I guess it's not too late, no no

What if today's the only day I got?

I don't wanna waste it if it's my last shot

No regrets in the end

I wanna know I got no what ifs

I'm running till the road runs out

I'm lighting it up right here right now

No regrets in the end

I wanna know I got no what ifs

I'm gonna dream a little bigger

Burn a little brighter

Stand a little taller, closer to your fire

Dig a little deeper

Reach a little further

Love a little harder

I'm gonna dream a little bigger

Burn a little brighter

Stand a little taller, closer to your fire

Dig a little deeper

Reach a little further

Love a little harder

'Cause what if today's the only day I got?

I don't wanna waste it if it's my last shot

No regrets in the end

I wanna know I got no what ifs

I'm running till the road runs out

I'm lighting it up right here right now

No regrets in the end

I wanna know I got no what ifs, yeah

I wanna know I got no what ifs

I wanna know I got no what ifs 

You’ve got today, Sweet Friend! Please think about it, determine in your heart and mind how you will live it, and then run into this day with hopeful expectations! I promise you; you will not regret it!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, please cherish your precious families, and please stay well!

Kev