today is the first day of the rest of your life...

or...."take it one day at a time"or...."all we have is 24 hours". have you ever been annoyed by these cliches? i don't think i was annoyed by them but i never really understood the concept until i was about 36 years of age. i went through a big crisis in my life and i remember looking at the clock on the 1st day of my crisis counting each minute. it was then that i truly understood the meaning of "one day at a time", that first 24 hrs. felt like an eternity, but it taught me how to live in the moment, that those sayings aren't cliche it is reality. we spend so much of our lives always looking forward. when i was about 10 i couldn't wait to be 15 then 21, then i couldn't wait to be married, then i couldn't wait to have kids, couldn't wait to graduate from college, couldn't wait to have a good job, couldn't wait, couldn't wait, couldn't wait.....argh!! i stop myself from regretting those feelings of looking forward so that i don't spend my time looking back. i feel it is good to set goals while maintaining a sense of the here and now. i don't want to miss out on the beauty that is right here before me!!