Like sand through the hour glass so are the days of our lives.

That's the opening statement to one of the most popular soap operas on television. I used to watch that one and a few others but I find that my life today is a soap opera all its own. I don't need to watch it on television. I live in it or I should say that I sidestep it now.

I thought of that as I looked at what my perpetual calendar said today:

"Forever" is too big for us.
That's why we were given
one day at a time.

It's funny how the mind works. I got up this morning with my eyes matted together and my nose all crusted over. Lovely. I was a sight to behold. Normally I would have cleaned up and got ready for work. But this morning I opted to stay home. I don't know. Maybe all those readings on self-care from the Al-Anon daily readers finally sunk in. I decided it was better for me to get the rest my body needed rather than go to work and hack all over everyone.

I used to look at the clock throughout the day when I took time off and worry about whether or not my classroom was still in tact but today I chose not to. I chose to focus on the moment. Isn't that what the slogan "One Day at a Time" teaches us to do?

And the theme continues. Here is the Hazelden reading I received today:

Living in the Present

One day at a time,
This is enough.
Do not look back and grieve over the past.
For it is gone. . .
And do not be troubled about the future.
For it has not yet come.
Live in the present, and make it so beautiful.
That it will be worth remembering.
From The Twelve Step Prayer Book, Volume 2.