To begin with

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!




When I first came across this gem, it struck me somewhere deep within. It even made me feel a bit sad. Over the years, we have learnt to be so oblivious to the present, to the immediate, to the now. The past or the future or sometimes both have always pervaded the mind. Always reflecting on the past, or planning the future, but feeling the present ? Now, that's very rare. I can count how many times I did that in the last year.

This little piece was so powerful, it made me decide to focus on the present , well , immediately! I have begun to try and I am glad about it.

Life is a treat, indeed!