Every New Day

©CherieElaine2016

 Every new day should be a good day. It is a gift, after all, is it not? I am not a proponent of the "being grateful because you are still alive" saying because if I'm not earth-bound then I'm heaven-bound and that's better. But every new day? It is still a precious gift. Even when you can't get past the stuff it is wrapped in.

I wish I would view every new day this way.

©CherieElaine2016 

Sometimes I just can't see past the fog. Sometimes I wake up and merely existing seems like hard work. 

But the fact is that every new day is just that, a new day. 

©CherieElaine2016

The same problems may exist, but so might an opportunity to solve them. Instead of mourning because I am not loved, I can choose to be the one who loves. No matter how poorly I feel physically, today might be the day I get better. 

I sometimes allow myself to wallow in those dark places, those early mornings that consume my heart with gloom and heartache. But I cannot control whether or not light shines into it. Because every new day brings with it light. It is not in my power to stop it. 

Somewhere within me me, I am able to find one tiny bit of faith, and it rescues me. Because today is a new day. Every new day could be the day that things get better. I want to live in expectation, joy, wisdom. Dwelling in those dark places means missing the beauty of what's appearing. And something is appearing. Today.