Make Today The Best Day Ever! 


I came home craving for a what my sister calls ‘good cup of tea'. Often when I need masala chai, I brew the spices and loose tea-leaves. On this particular day, I followed instructions given by a friend. Milk in a cup, dip the tea bag, add the spices and in the microwave for a minute plus. Long process. BUT! He forgot to warm me that I should watch my tea like a hawk. A very messy affair, nonetheless it was half cup of the best tea I had taken in a long time.

I believe each day is designed to be the best day of one’s life, better than yesterday or days past. Just like wine, from sour grapes to sweet tasting wine. Well, I can’t speak much of wine tasting, but I know well ripened grapes are sweeter. Sure there is a formula of making that wine; fermentation and ... plus time and patience. But life is more complex than wine and we may not have a formula to make each day the best ever. All that we need is optimism and resolve... and some grace.

Some people can’t tell what makes a good day good. Some things are just destined to be so. Like how a river flows, how stars align themselves. If you ask these people, they will just say; I just know it was a good day. Why? They have chosen to eliminate everything else and just focus on the positives of the day. They have numbed the negatives, often times these negatives are so minute. Yet we allow them to steal the moment and our joy.

In the beginning of the year, I set just one goal. A goal to write something am grateful for each week of 2017. So far so good (need a lot of grace and resolve on this).
If you are here and just thinking: have I ever had a good day? Just try this; it’s not a formula though it may help: Purpose, Gratitude and Mindfulness.

Wishing you the best day ever.

Always,
Wambura.

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