Pursue Today heartily.  To pursue the future and neglect today is to build a shaky foundation.  Sometimes the concerns of today occlude the future.  On the other hand, focusing entirely on the future, we forget to live today well.

I was thinking similar thoughts last week as I posted on facebook, “ Just for today, I am not going to think too much; not ahead to worry, not behind to regret. I am just going to enjoy the sunshine and be joyful and write and make music.”

In my classroom teaching time, I experienced the value of teaching to the end of the year – squeezing worth out of each day rather than packing up and wrapping up early and fazing out opportunities.

So I urge you, as I urge myself; as you approach the end of this season, go ahead and look forward.  Yes, plan for, hope for, long for; a great future. But, wring everything you can out of today.  Invest your strength and passions and live as though it were your last.  Strength for tomorrow comes from the quality of a life lived well today.

P.S. What did you do to seize your weekend?  I hiked in the Monument with new friends and went to Pirates of Penzance at Colorado Mesa University!