the first day

So the truth is that the truth you just might need to hear today – might just need to really know today – is that it really is a new day and you really can begin again and today really is the first day of the rest of your life.

Maybe even the first day of the best of your life.

It’s the first day
of the rest of your life.
The first day
is today.

His mercies really are new each morning and this might be the morning that you need to let that sink into your heart-space, let it settle a bit and rest in knowing it deep.

‘Cause no matter what hasn’t happened yet and no matter what has happened, today is your brand-new-chance day.

‘Cause tomorrow is here and yesterday’s gone and you know (I know you know) regrets are best left in the past where they belong.

‘Cause the only real place where real life happens is in this moment.

‘Cause the present is gift, so why not open it up?

This is the first day
of the best of your life.

So dance
live
love
give,
laugh,
and play.