Gentle Whispers

      The April7th quote on my calendar of daily inspirations was “Don’t ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday.”  I can honestly say that is a problem that I don’t have.  I accept that any and all past experiences have led me to where I am now and I have a good life. 
     My   potential for ruining a good today lies in the future with the fear-based scenarios I create in my mind of, “What if this or that should happen?”  In her final years, my blind, wheelchair confined mother had a lot of time with little to do but sit and think.  During our daily phone visits, she expressed similar fears about what could happen to different family members.  I remember trying to ease them by sharing a quote by Michael J. Fox: “If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens; you've lived it twice". (Note to self; none of her concerns ever happened).
    I remind myself of this every time I let one of these thoughts creep in.  I am facing a major change in my future, and it makes the present that much more precious.  I don’t want to waste one moment on fear of the future when I can be using them to gather precious memories
Peace, Roy Montgomery

 





 
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