"Tomorrow," I sigh happily to myself, "Tomorrow is going to be lovely." My thoughts dwell on the many happy little things that will take place tomorrow- and rightly so. Tomorrow is to be full of many lovely things, many blessings and many things to be thankful for, but when tomorrow comes, will I be thinking of these things, or will my mind go yet again to that elusive tomorrow?
Thinking of what tomorrow will bring is a beautiful thing, it is hope. I'm afraid though, that because I'm thinking of tomorrow, I lose track of today, and that's not something I want. With each day I don't want to be longing for the next. Yes, tomorrow will be beautiful, as will the day after and the day after. Perhaps they will contain something I fear, something I dread, or maybe some delightful surprise, but let's think of today.
What little details of today am I missing because my mind is so caught up in tomorrow?
Suddenly I'm realizing how beautiful are the moments that I'm living now, today, this moment. I'm thinking of climbing up on a footstool to put a book away and looking down at all the people contentedly reading across the library. I'm thinking of holding a warm cup of coffee in my hands and knowing I have another ten whole minutes to sit in the car. I'm thinking of leaning back in my chair and twisting the yarn round and round my knitting needles, knowing that there is no reason to rush my project. I'm thinking of those last two pages of my Agatha Christie and how I could read them right now or save them for just the right moment.
Sometimes I think I don't enjoy those moments as I should. I look forward to them, I prattle on about how I can't wait to be doing those things again, but sometimes I overlook those moments because I'm thinking that in ten minutes, in an hour, in a day, I shall need to be doing this or that.
Happiness is often in one's perspective. You could be thinking "I have ten lovely more minutes to sit here sipping my cup of coffee" or you could be thinking "oh dear, I don't think I shall have time to drink my coffee, and it's raining outside, and I have to dash in and now my ten minutes are over." The latter isn't the mindset I want for myself.
Thinking of tomorrow is lovely, there's a lot of things to dream about, but in doing so I don't want to miss out on today.
Today is beautiful.
