What will today be like?
Will it be an outstanding day?
When all is said and done, will today simply be the day after yesterday and the one before tomorrow? Is it likely to join the blur of time, fading into life’s rear-view mirror?
Or will the day actually be special, one which you’ll hold close to your heart as you drift off to sleep tonight?
It’s up to you.
Most of us don’t have the opportunity for today to be a headline-grabbing day; and it’s probably not your wedding day either.
It’s just a day.
Except that – in Torah thought – there’s no such thing as “just a day”.
Every day is a unique journey, with its own challenges and opportunities. What should matter most to me at the moment isn’t what happened yesterday, or even what will happen tomorrow (although responsible planning for the future may very well be one of today’s challenges).
I need to invest myself in today’s hurdles and choices. And make the day count.
Life has a lot of repetition, and repetition can be mind-numbing. So, all too often, we go through our days flying our consciousness at half-mast.
Our challenge is to wake up every day with a recognition of the unique gift which G-d has bestowed upon us: The Gift of Today
Our challenge is to wake up every day and recognize that G-d has given us a new obstacle course, and equipped us with the capacity to victoriously navigate it: The Challenge of Today.
Life is a big journey, the race of life; today we can successfully complete a lap of that race.
That attitude should energize us. It should capture our attention. It should inspire us to invest ourselves – wholly and totally – in the day ahead, making the most of it.
If we do, then it really can’t be a humdrum day. It’s a day in which we did our energetic best to accomplish the day’s goals. It’s a day when we’re feeling - and living - our commitment to a life lived meaningfully.
What a great day.