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“Today”
By: Rebeca Reynaud
My job is as most people’s job, but I choose what kind of day I want to have.
Today I can become bitter because I have to work or I can scream with joy that I have a job.
Today I can cry because roses have thorns, or I can laugh because thorns have roses.
Today I can complain because I have to do house chores or I can feel lucky to have a house to live in. Today I can feel frustrated because I do not have money, or I can feel proud because I have managed to save some money. Today I can complain because it is raining or I can thank God because water exists. Today I can feel pity for my health or be happy because pain is a gift I do not deserve. Today I can hide my defects to look good before my friends or hide my little heroisms to look good before God. Today I see my hands… they can steal, destroy, hurt, but they can also clean, heal and hold. Today I can think that God is a mirror of man, or think man is made in God’s image.
Today I can be in a bad humor because I hear a criticism or I can take advantage of this situation to become better. Today I can cry because I lost someone I loved or I can think he is, at last, where he belongs. Today I can have contradictions and curse life, or I can see an opportunity to help Christ with His Cross. Today I can feel anguished because I have a pause during the day or I can feel happy because I have the chance to pray. Today I can feel depress all day or I can walk with sense of innovation (in novitate sensu). Today I can feel bored of the daily tediousness or make of it a divine poem. Today I have been given a “small life” either to waste it in pleasure or make good use of it looking for the good and happiness of others.
Today I learned that the most important thing in life is not making money, or ascending social status, or receiving honors… The most important thing in life, is the time we devote to the people we love. Live each day as if it was the last. Saint Exupery said: “if you cry because you have lost the sun, tears won’t let you see the stars. The difference between a “gray” day and a day full of sense depends on how it is faced.
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