I don’t know about you, but I often find it easy to wake up, stick out my tongue, and give the raspberry to the day.  “Nothing exciting is going to happen today.  It’s just another boring day of the same old routine.  I have so many chores to do, I don’t even want to get out of bed,”  I say, cursing the day from the start.

The truth is, today and every day is special.  There will never be another day exactly like today.  Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.”  We don’t need a holiday or vacation or grand event to have an incredible day.  All we need is a change of heart.  What would happen if we started our day thinking, “I have no idea what wonders, encounters, and miracles await me today, but I eagerly anticipate their arrival.  I can’t wait to see what today brings.”  This different perspective sets up our day for the possibility of receiving blessings of all kinds.  I’ve come to realize that some of the most life-changing and wonderful moments have happened to me on just another “normal” day.

Like the Seals the Crofts song says, “We may never pass this way again.”  Don’t dismiss the treasures of today.  They will never present themselves in exactly the same way.