Do you deserve an ode from me?

Hell yes, you do! You probably deserve 34 odes! But I'll keep this one short.

Starting with your dreams...squeezed from the beginning of time...

From the moment you awaken...as you are now...

In a DAY.

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Every day you wake up, blessed individual,

Whether you awaken at 5 in the morning or at noon,

Whether you eat breakfast right away or explore outside,

Whether you say good morning to yourself to start the new day,

Or hear the sound of birds chirping next to your window,

Whether you feel the warm sun against your sleepy cheeks,

Whether or not you chose this day to experience in life,

You only have 24 hours to make the most of it.

You start each day as a charged battery, with limited power,

Shrinking power, power you give to your thoughts and surroundings,

That power should be spent in your favor.

That power should not be squandered or wasted,

Or given to those who would do well to stay away from power.

That power is YOURS only.

That POWER is YOU. Each day is a new opportunity to be with YOU.

Without regrets, without expectations, without outside forces

Sapping your inner strength; remember, the day does not

Control you, but you it; you can only go as far

As your idea of control extends. Give the day your

Utmost attention, give it your friendship, your forgiveness

And in return the day will forgive you, will bless you,

Give the hours your gratitude, your kindness, your determination,

And time will cease to flow; soon, you will exist in a timeless

Vortex of being, and you will learn to appreciate 

The blissful suspension of hours, minutes, and seconds.

For who really cares what day or time it is,

When all energy is dedicated to the NOW?

Every day is NOW, every breath is HERE; deadlines

Are but hazy shadows on a distant horizon, untouched,

False until the moment they are the NOW.

So, beloved person, do not fret about the past or future,

Those are the THEN and the MORROW,

The nonexistent particles that draw your attention away from HERE.

Gift those other areas of time your detached kindness,

And let their hold on you dissolve like sand in a river,

Misty and fading, a chimera of something, of nothing,

Always in motion, never permanent, a disappearing act,

Save for the one person in the spotlight of the present

Which is you, wondrous being, upon the stage of 

Your greatest performance, the movie of your life,

Dancing on the stage of the limitless arena that holds

Every single version of you that has ever existed...

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Ask yourself: Why am I here today?

Why was I given this day, this opportunity wrapped in fine golden thread,

Gifted to the doorstep of my conscious calendar?

Why was I chosen to spend my time here, and what am I

Meant to do with my battery to make this day a marvelous

One? What can I give to my surroundings, what can I give

To myself, in order to realize the splendor of today?

Maybe you reach out to a friend, maybe you pamper yourself,

Perhaps you explore a topic, research, read, write, or create something unique,

Perhaps you move around, explore outside, dive into the thought

Processes that define your subconscious mind, the thoughts

That are comparable to no other, yours alone and yours forevermore...

Oh, spectacular chance of a day! Your options are unlimited! Here you find

Your free will is more than willing to start building the foundation

Of your greatest dreams and aspirations, in small steps,

In the collection of well-spent days, picked up off the field of fruition

And piled in the basket of YOU.

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Your specialty lies in you,

Each day you climb the ladder of your being,

Ascending rungs that mirror days, hand-over-hand in time,

You are traveling towards your ethereal sky-castle, the place

Where everything is possible, the moment when

All your far-fetched hopes and lofty ambitions,

All of your pipe dreams and deep wishes

Become reality, and you see that the ladder can

Continue moving on until infinity, traveling through the clouds

And through the stars, through the endlessness of the Universe,

As you dig deeper into the gold mine of yourself...

As you wake up every morning with your marvelously capable mind,

Cuddling a bedtime pillow as the sun peeks out of its hiding spot,

Ready to hand over another beautiful day to you...

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise."

-Walden, Henry David Thoreau

Commentary///

Can you tell I've been reading Walden recently? Hehe. This quote calls to the idea that material goods cannot purchase innate joy and happiness. Being happy has more to do with mindset than the actual events transpiring in a life. Even the poorest man can find enchantment in Nature and the beauty in a bird call. Your life is only as good as you make it; that is, with a positive mindset and optimistic outlook, even the worst circumstances can be seen through a realistic lens, and problems can be turned into opportunities. Your reality is what you make it. So make it a good one!

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Thank you so much for joining me for An Ode to the Day, I hope you enjoyed this one! <3

Love & Light,

Izzy