“This is the beginning of a new day…”  ~ from a little orange slip of paper in my daughter’s take-home folder.

Good Morning!

When my daughter was in the fifth grade, I was emptying out her take-home folder and a little orange piece of paper fluttered to the ground.  I picked up the small square and read it.  Her is what was written:

This is the beginning of a new day.  You have been given this day to use as you will.  You can waste it or you can use it to your advantage.  What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.  When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you left behind…let it be something you’re proud of.

I don’t know where the piece of paper cane from and I forgot to ask my daughter before she headed off for school.  I guess where it came from doesn’t matter as much as the message it carried:  How blessed we are to have this new day.  Let’s make the most of it.  Let’s exchange a day of our lives toward building a legacy of hope and happiness.

Your Turn:  Take a moment to think about the wonderful gift of today.  What can you do to make the most of it?  When tomorrow comes, what gift will you have left with today?

Today’s Affirmation:  Today I leave something behind, and it is something I am proud of.