Monday, October 20, 2008

Wisdom from a Panda

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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that is why it is called the present." Kung Fu Panda

I love history, love mysteries, and love presents, both giving and receiving...maybe more so in the giving. I read something that challenged me today. I had to ask myself if I am happy with where I am at. I think that in some ways I am. In others, not so much. In that moment, I also realized the things that I am happy with are the things that I can change with positive results. The things that I am not happy with are things that I cannot change without consequence. Apart from the physical being of myself, I am happy with who I am. I am at turmoil with the life that surrounds me. Who I want to be someday, and who I am now are two very different people. But I cannot have one without the other. I must walk through these moments in my life to accomplish the moments ahead. I must overcome the things that pain me, to find real joy in the end. I want to be more of what I am, and more than I am. I need yesterday to get me to tomorrow. I must have today, to make it better than yesterday.

Today is one day closer to tomorrow.

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