Friday, November 13, 2009

This Day Will Never Come Again


Yesterday I discovered the Sounds True Blog and Tami Simon's podcast interviews with authors and teachers.
Her posts as well as her interviews are excellent and thought provoking, and I just wish I had the time to listen to all the interviews non-stop, but fortunately I do not have that time, or my head would surely explode!
The episode I just finished listening to is the interview with Carolyn Myss in which Dr. Myss quotes Thomas Merton, Trappist monk and author, as saying "This day will never come again". I heard it and froze for a moment. Of course it is an obvious truth, but one of those truths that can change your life when you truly hear it and believe it.
I wonder what it would be like if it were my first thought in the morning, and if I were to remind myself of it throughout the day, like a mantra?

3 comments:

kate smudges said...

It's good to be reminded of these truths ~ so often we carry on through the days without stopping to reflect on them. I hope all's well. You look cute with your black pencil whiskers!

anna maria said...

I'm always forgetting this kind of important stuff!
thanks for the "cute".

ellen said...

Thank you for this important reminder. I try, but am not always good at remembering.Each day is a precious gift.