Family members just sent me a list of wise thoughts written by an Ohio woman who recently turned 90. I was struck by how many of those thoughts emphasized her belief that live should be lived now -- that we ought to light those candles we've been saving for a special occasion, ought to wear that special outfit and use the good china because, she said, every day is special.
Maybe it's easier to say that at 90 than it is at 59, but I appreciated the reminder. I tend to daydream about all the good things to come instead of recognizing what I have right now. Maybe one day I really will have a space all to myself where I can write and paint and think, but the fact that I don't have that now shouldn't be an excuse for not writing or painting -- or thinking. Maybe one day I really will be physically fit, but the fact that I'm not at the moment shouldn't be an excuse for delaying the changes I need to make. Keep up that sort of thinking and sooner or later you run out of tomorrows.
We can choose to postpone joy, and we can choose to be happy now. I'm choosing to be happy now, even though life isn't quite what I'd like it to be.
Because even when I finally think it is, I'll probably find something else to complain about.
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