I sent a
friend a text wishing him a happy birthday. My text read:
“60 years down, 60 to go (at least) happy birthday for yesterday”
He replied
saying he has a “different perspective on life expectancy – every day is a good
day”.
My text was
sent with a light-hearted energy however, intended energy does not transmit via
SMS.
I initially
felt the reply was a “little serious” but subsequent refection has me feeling
otherwise.
Our lives
are made up of consecutive “single days” and every day is a good day. In fact,
every day is the best day ever.
My friend is
absolutely correct. Every Day Is A Good Day.
The concept
that “Today is the Best Day Ever” may be challenging to comprehend, but should
it be so?
Hendri
Coetzee was an adventurer specialising in rafting in beautiful, remote rivers.
He passed away on 8 December 2010 when a giant crocodile attacked him while
leading a rafting expedition.
He lived the
ideal that “Today is the best day ever”.
Hendri
expressed it this way:
Yesterday is
always in the past, it no longer exists.
Tomorrow has
not yet happened: so, it does not exist either.Today is the only day we will ever live and that makes it the best day ever.
As much as I
like the idea and like the concept, equally I find it challenging. I am, we are, so
entrenched “gathering stuff” for the elusive future. Stuff may be knowledge,
assets, experience or money.
However, be
it in our business or personal lives, we are very adept at never quite being
ready to make the step, execute the plan, learn the new skill or even take the
holiday. All too often there is one more thing to do, another 6 months needed or
an additional sum of money in the bank required. We practice delay.
What if we
accepted perfection is unattainable and got on with it? What if we made today,
the best day ever, and repeated this each day?
Hendri was
an adventurer; interestingly, my 60-year-old friend is somewhat of an
adventurer too.
What if?
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