Just for today:

Let’s not be so quick to judge the guy going too slow in the car in front of you or the woman that has to get a price check at the register for an unmarked item. You’ve been that person on occasion.

Just for today:

When you see your children seeking approval, even though you don’t like what they did, give it to them anyways. They hang on your words and live for your approval – just like you did and probably still do with your parents.

Just for today:

Bypass that want inside of you to deliver a thinly veiled insult or depreciating remark to someone you don’t really care for. They know you don’t like them. They know you are thinking plenty of negative things. Let it go. Be the bigger person.

Just for today:

After you park the car and before you get out, stop. Close your eyes. Put into perspective the importance of your day. Someone did your job before you and someone will do it after you. Your bills will get paid, your problems will get worked out, and some won’t end so well. There is nothing to do about the problems of the past – let them go. Try to remember that your days on this planet are limited. Are you sure you want to waste another one embroiled in regret and anger? This is a new day. Do something with it others would envy. When’s the last time you met your spouse for lunch?

Just for today:

In the privacy of your home when no one is watching, turn the TV on and wait for a commercial you really hate to come on or a talk show host to tell you how to live, diet, exercise, find love, deal with your divorce, or build your own jewelry business at home, and when you are completely sick of them, turn your back side to the screen and shoot them a moon like you used to in high school. That’s right, a big shiny full moon, maybe give it slap or two to bring home the point. Then as demurely as possible pull up, shut off the set, and go make your self a hot fudge sundae. And lick the bowl at the end.

Just for today:

Respect the powers on this earth and outside of this earth that are far greater than yours. Laws of God and nature made us all equal. The most rotten prisoner on death row had a mother who bore him and a want for happiness in his life. Are you judging without being judged? Are you disregarding people because your position is higher than your own? Hey buddy, who the heck are you? There but for grace my friends…but for the grace…

Just for today:

Open your heart and your mind to give without expecting a return. Don’t kill the messenger today; the bank teller who doesn’t really know why you are overdrawn, the pizza delivery kid who forgot to bring your pop with the order, the oblivious senior citizen counting pennies out in line in front of you. Would it kill you to say, “That’s okay?” Or even “Here, let me help you.”

Try to recall:

Your days on this earth that did not include such worry, hassle, or frenzy. I watched a mother of three in the mall the other day; the oldest was maybe 5. The youngest was about 2 and was clearly the “easy” child. The other two were fussing, and she was trying to set out their Happy Meals, and take off their coats, and get everything in order amidst absolute chaos. When she finally exhaled and slumped into her seat next to the two year old, he waited a moment, looked at her, and then offered her a French fry. She melted and absorbed him with a hug. It choked me with emotion. Such a simple act of kindness turning a whole situation upside down. You have that opportunity each and every day. What do you say? You gonna use it or do you have much more important things to do today?

Start the New Year with a new attitude; just for one day. If you notice that the love you spread grows exponentially, maybe try a second day, even a third. What a difference you could make.