Everyday

We wake up everyday to put on our clothes and shoes and walk outside. And then we walk to our cars and go. Go, go, go. The world is in constant motion. Our daily lives running on full speed, our bodies following the steps of the days preceding. Why? What compels us to keep moving forward? Or better yet, why must we? What about seizing the day? What about smelling the roses? We should wake up everyday wondering what today will bring. Throw out the plans, the calendar, the visual image of how our day should go. Things will always go awry, and we must learn to accept those changes and deal with them suddenly and with grace. Why march the same steps everyday? Our bodies tire of repetition. The beaten path we live everyday should be challenged. Everyday should be a new day, the next day. It should not be yesterday or the day before that. It should change with the sun and grow with the trees. We should move, but with the world. Not the race. The race is won, therefore forget the end and live the steps. The steps we take forward, live in them. Not tomorrow or yesterday. When the dew hits the leaves and the sun hits the morning sky, live today. Live today everyday. Because everyday is new. Everyday is not like the last and won't be like the next.