~ Khalil Gibran
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
~ Malcolm X
"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
~ Dr. Seuss
If you are reading these words, then today is the day you have an opportunity to make a change that is dramatically needed in your life. Whether "today" means April 23, 2012 or any time in the future from then, you can use today to do something different. Because sometimes all we need to spice up our lives, and to get things going in the right direction is to simply do something out of the norm.
A few months ago, I woke up and decided I wasn't going to bum myself out because of the lack of jobs I was seeing online. I decided that instead of sitting at home feeling defeated, I was going to do something different. "TODAY....", I said then, "I will take a walk for a half an hour... get active, do something healthy for my body!". And on that day, I did.
Fast forward to TODAY (April 23rd). I walk two hours a day, and can walk up to 7 miles!!! That's HUGE to me! It was that day then that started me on this whole "Miss Moon Gets Healthy" path... and I'm not looking back from it. In fact, my life is tremendously richer and happier for just deciding to do something new that day!!
Think about what opportunity you can take today to spice things up in your life. Maybe you can drive a different route from work to home today. Eat lunch at a new spot you spotted. Call someone you've been meaning to find the time to call. Today is only as good or bad as you will it to be, and I don't know about you, but I'm aiming to make every day a great, kick ass day!!!
Today's song choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon comes from the fabulous Roots crew, with some help from Blu, Phonte, and Patty Crash. I hope that "The Day" will aid in making TODAY a great one for you!!!
When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Yeah, it's like everyday I wake up, I stare into space and don't say much
Peer in the mirror, feeling dead from the face up
Coffee pots, cigarettes, morning Js, Baileys
Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace
Beats playing since the night before, thinking bout writing songs
Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant
And plus the toxics I sip got me tall
Still tipsy, staring at the city from the spot we call Los Angeles
Every day is like a blank canvas
Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it
Hand picked to live this life we take for granted
like a child with an upright bass, we can't stand it
Smiling through the trouble we face, tryna manage
my way without pumping my brakes and staying stagnant
Cause I can sit on my ass or just imagine
the madness I did on my path and paint the canvas
When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Before I rise and shine like a neon sign
I need the girl of my dreams to give me Einstein
And burn the marijuan' like Buju Banton
is my only bonafide break from these confines
I need a change of scenery like a mind tide
These kids bringing me the noise like the bomb squad
And everybody coming at me from the blindside
I'm tired, it's hard to open up my eyes wide
I listen to some theme music on the iPod
and walk around the crib doing little odd jobs
Checking my breath, take a view from this high rise
Feeling like I'm checking out a game from the sideline
I got to try different things in these trying times
Twenty-ten is different than it was in nine-five
It's come alive time, I picked a fine time
for getting open off life like a fine wine
When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Uh, yeah, Sunday morning, plan my day out
Whole new blueprint, brand new layout
Deep down still don't know if it'll play out
Before the first time, feel like I done found a way out
Skin getting clearer and it feel like I lost weight
Stop and say a prayer for the times I lost faith
Troubles of the world had me in a cross-face
Chicken-wing, sickening, liver so off-base
But now it's like I'm in the last lap of the car chase
and I finally understand my right to choose
My preacher man told me it could always be worse
Even the three-legged dog still got three good legs to lose
So you can stop and refresh the rules
Breathe in, breathe out, let it heal all your exit wounds
Something inside said that's the move
and made it today, I'll restart fresh and new
When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
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