Be inspired to live today by the positive verses in these poems. This day is the only day we are guaranteed. No one knows what tomorrow will bring. And, no one can change what happened yesterday.
We all have today, do not waste it!
You may also want to consider the thoughts in these quotes about today.
With each new dawn that breaks the night's embrace,
Today unfolds, a canvas filled with grace.
Potential glimmers in every golden ray,
Opportunities beckon, calling us to sway.
Moments of happiness await our seize,
But in pursuit, this solemn truth we tease:
Time slips away, like sand clutched in our hand,
So let us not waste this day's precious strand.
Listen to the water-mill,
Through the live-long day;
How the clanking of the wheels
Wears the hours away!
Languidly the autumn wind
Stirs the greenwood leaves;
From the fields the reapers sing,
Binding up the sheaves;
And a proverb haunts my mind,
As a spell is cast:
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Take the lesson to thyself,
Living heart and true;
Golden years are fleeting by,
Youth is passing too;
Learn to make the most of life,
Lose no happy day;
Time will never bring thee back
Chances swept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid;
Love while life shall last.
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Work while yet the daylight shines,
Man of strength and will;
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the mill.
Wait not until tomorrow's sun
Beams upon the way;
All that thou canst call thy own
Lies in thy today.
Power, intellect, and health,
May not, can not last;
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Oh! the wasted hours of life
That have drifted by;
Oh! the good we might have done,
Lost without a sigh;
Love that we might once have saved
By a single word;
Thoughts conceived, but never penned,
Perishing unheard.
Take the proverb to thine heart,
Take, oh, hold it fast! -
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Monday's dawn brings a brand new week, �
Opportunities abound for those who seek. �
Never look back, always move ahead, �
With any challenge, refuse to be led. �
Believe in yourself and all that you can achieve, �
Stay positive and your goals you will receive. �
Do your best with every task at hand, �
You'll see great results from where you stand.
Maybe today is Monday, or maybe it's Thursday,
The label doesn't matter much, let's just proceed with the day.
It's essential we do our best, for this moment is all we have,
To give it any less would be terribly haphazard.
Each morning is a new chance to show who we are,
Let's greet it with enthusiasm and set the bar.
Today might just be the only one we'll ever receive,
So let's seize the day and find reasons to believe.
I need thee, Lord; I need thy help today
To guide me onward in my pilgrim way.
My vision far too narrow is to see
The rugged path of duty leading up to thee.
I need thee, Lord; I need thy strong right hand
To lead me upward to that brighter land.
Alone I feebly falter on my way;
I can not do without thee, Lord, even one short day.
I need thee when the waking sun doth rise,
And till its last beams die in western skies;
Still in the darkness would I have thee near
To hold my hand, to keep my soul, to calm each fear.
Little one, little one.
They say life is hard:
Thou wilt hear this old story
From preacher and bard:
Little one, listen,
My wish is to-day
To make thy life easy -
And this is the way.
Little one, little one,
Down in thy heart.
Is a voice true and earnest,
Unspoiled and apart;
It speaks to thee always;
Always obey:
Then life will be easy
Through night and through day.
Rise! if the Past detains you,
Her sunshine and storms forget:
No chains so unworthy to hold you
As those of a vain regret.
Sad or bright, she is lifeless ever;
Cast her phantom arms away,
Nor look back, save to learn the lesson
Of a nobler strife � to-day.
A Precious Day
Poet: C. A. Lynch
Today, a precious day, slips through my grasp,
As I exchange a portion of my life's hourglass.
Its value immense, for it shall not return again,
Each moment spent, an irretrievable reign.
No second chances to recapture its flight,
The choices made shall shape my path tonight.
With utmost care, I'll tread upon this ground,
For what I do today can be defining and profound.