No Day, But Today

No Day, But Today

Photo by: mary a (flickr: emdot)

We have a tendency to make living day-to-day way too complicated, when the essence of happiness, peace, balance, and joy remains - always - in plain view, and it's so simple.

Will you live based on love, or based on fear?                                         

That's what Scripture says, all through the Old and New Testaments.  That's where the central messages of all major religions agree.  That's what wise philosophers and spiritual gurus have held to be true for centuries.

Living a love-based life means accepting yourself and others.  Seeing the good, the positive, the hopeful in every person, every circumstance, every possibility.  It means holding onto a faith in something bigger than yourself, and using that faith as the springboard to a happy life, free from undue, unhelpful, and unnecessary anxiety.  It lets you live each day fresh, with a happy and grateful heart.

Living a life based on fear, naturally, produces the opposite effects.  Fear steals hope, and when there's no hope, there can be no peace.

The movie version of the Broadway hit "Rent" featured a song that conveys these ideas in a powerful way.  Here is a portion of the lyrics:

There's only us, there's only this

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss

No other path, no other way

No day but today

I can't control my destiny

I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be 

There's only now, there's only here

Give in to love or live in fear

No other path, No other way

No day but today  

Make this day all that it can be.  Give in to love, don't live in fear.

Be well,

Eric