On A Day Like Today...

On a day like today, something so small, or something that I normally take for granite, seemed to knock me off my feet. Whether it was a turtle poking its’ head out of the garden I passed, the pick-me-up song that just happened to come on the radio at the right moment, or a genuine comment made from a stranger, I felt relief. On a day like today, I took a moment to thank God for his grace. Are these small incidences a sign from God?

 I like to think so. God: A hero that is navigating people towards their home, helping out with tribulations along the route, and giving everyone someone to talk to when we are alone. He also gives us an excuse for things that don’t go our way. He allows us to sit back and say, “It wasn’t God’s will.” But He is not an excuse. He is the Savior, a “get out of jail free card” perhaps, and a life long companion. Though my strides are sometimes very short, His love stretches to an extent that is unfathomable. I will be there one day. I will swim in God’s ecstasy.

 For those who do not believe, why? One could give me scientific reasons to believe God does not exist. They could give me examples of failed prayers, but before I hear the “facts,” they need to give me a purpose. Give me a reason to stare at natures’ finest, give me a reason to have morals and values, and most of all give me a reason to live. Beliefs are hopes, hopes are will, will is power, and power is purpose.

Purpose: A reason to wake-up. I analyze myself. Where am I headed? On a day like today, I felt better than I had in a long time about waking-up. Today the sun shined with more intensity than I had seen in a while. The air was brisk, it had energy, it did not feel bitter like the previous January days. No, today was a good day.

 I took a stroll in downtown Athens. Downtown is so quaint when it is not flowing with the normal alcohol bound college students. Don’t get me wrong, forty-two bars in three streets has treated me well. I have been considered one of the “bar-hoppers” for the past three years, but today is different. On a day like today, I feel different, I feel renewed.

 I was sitting on a bench on Clayton Street, “people watching” I guess some would say, when I realized my first thought of today should be reevaluated. I should not have been asking myself where I am headed? I should not be trying to depict where I will be living, what age I want to have children, or for that matter who I will end up with? On a day like today, I am assured that everything will fall into place.

 An older women walked by me today, while I was sitting on the bench. She paused as she passed me and said, “Wow, God sure is letting you get some Vitamin D today, isn’t He?” I smiled back and replied, ”He sure is, and I will take as much as He will give me.”

 On a day like today… I started to see life a little differently, I smiled at everyone I passed, and for the first time in a while, I remembered to just breathe. Today was a good day.