I think it's important for all of us to realize this. Each sunrise brings a fresh start- a new page if you will. A chance to rearrange our outlines, add stuff in, or remove it.
There are days when I am left defeated, and I go to bed with a scroll playing in my head of where I went wrong or how it could have gone differently. But, I know I can wake up and start over again.
As a mother, especially with my oldest, I am constantly struggling with new situations I find myself in. I wonder if I could have handled it differently or if only I didn't say that... The good news is tomorrow I will be more prepared from what I faced today.
As an athlete, sometimes I just have a bad day. Maybe I missed a lift I got before, or I am struggling to get to a movement I am training to master. Today is a dry run of what tomorrow will bring. I can learn from my mistakes, and I am gaining from my attempts.
Sometimes we will do things that cannot be changed. We cannot undo them, but we can take those situations and turn them into new stories. We can learn and grow as we were meant to do.
Most of us have plans- we know what we want from life and expect certain things to happen. Oftentimes life is happening while we are making other plans. Just when you think you've got it figured out, something comes at you out of left field. Get out a fresh sheet of paper and start from there.
It's nice to have a plan and be driven. But we must always have room for the possibility of something else.
Our plans, our hopes, and dreams, they are our rough draft. We must always have space for living the real story as it unfolds.
We must always be mindful that when we are at our worst, the story is not over. It is not cause to put the pencil and paper away. It is more reason than ever to keep going.
Live on the page of today. Tomorrow is still a rough draft. Do not live thinking about tomorrow when you still haven't finished today.
