Today
By Vickey Pahnke-Taylor

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Today is a good day.  So far.  There have been no major glitches, no major whammies, no surprises that suck the wind out of the lungs or cause us to fall to our knees.  We are grateful. 

But then, we have had days when darkness hung around like low-drooping limbs of thick, mossy trees, clouding over our skies and seeming to block the warming rays of the sun.  At those times, when we were up to the task, we have felt the warming, healing blessings of the Spirit.  Although there may have been a glitch or wall into which we smacked, it was — after all — a good day.

How do we navigate so that today is good?  Every single day? Here are a few thoughts that might assist us in making each ‘today’ count:

1. Make a decision that, regardless of what comes today, we will “do good” rather than be negatively reactive. The following counsel from President Harold B. Lee is worth looking at every single morning:  “There is only one day that you and I have to live and that’s today.  There is nothing we can do about yesterday, except repent; and there may be no tomorrows.  The thing for us to do when we arise from our beds as God gives us a new day, is to pray that whatever comes to our hands, we will do it to the best of our ability.”
2. Pray.  First thing, ask for help in making today count.

Okay!  There we go!  Just five little things that we can do.  Graphs to chart that we can work on and note progress.

So, good people, today is a gift.  Have a good day!