Ralph Waldo Emerson called upon us to examine the meaning of our life and the purpose of our deeds. He wrote: "In single file the days bring their gifts. We choose and pay for them with time. In the morning we have today: its hours are currency. At night they will have been exchanged. For What?" he asks. "For a task well done, a house lovingly cared for, for contentments or regrets, for a memory which blesses or burns, for a little more wisdom."
Each day we are given is a gift. The question is what we will do with it. Will our time have been squandered with sentiments such as "if only I . . . " or "I wish I had . . . "?
Or will we be able to sit back each night and say, "I did something today that mattered, that touched a life, that helped another soul"? At the end of our days, will our memories bless us or burn us?
We pray to the Holy One to enable us to fulfill the boundless potential of each and every day, and may the sum of our days exceed the expectations of our dreams.
May each day bring a memory filled with blessing. May this be God`s will.-AMEN.
