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Today, One Day At a Time.

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Submitted Monday, September 22, 2008
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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

The past was yesterday. Now is Today. The future is tomorrow.

Yesterday you were born. Today you lived. Tomorrow you may die.

Today you were born. Today you live. Today you may die.

Will Today be a good day? Or will Today be a bad day.

Today, is upon me as I awaken to a new day, wondering what will happen Today.

Will Today be a good day? Or, will Today be a bad day?

Yesterday is gone forever and only memories remain.

Tomorrow is yet to come.

I cast the blanket aside, climb out of bed and slowly I walk to the bathroom.

I shave, brush my teeth, comb my hair and I wonder.

Will Today be a good day? Or will Today be a bad day? Or will Today be my last day?

I've had many good and bad days in the past, and I pray that Today will be a good day.

Soon I am dressed and I tip-toe out not to awaken my wife, and at 5:55 AM I drive to my company, picking up a newspaper on the way, and 20 minutes later I turn off the central alarm and enter the company.

I walk to the main panel and turn on all the lights. Pending season I turn on the heat or air-conditioning and within seconds the whole interior of the building is lit up.

My employees will start arriving by 6:45, and on my way to my office I stop in the lunchroom and the coffeepot soon starts to perk, the aroma filling the air.

I sit down by my computer and soon the screen is filled with messages, both good and bad. Junk mail. Request for quotes. Purchase orders. Compliments and complains, a mixture of good and bad.

7:00 O'clock I hear the hum of the machinery from the shop, and slowly the company comes alive, and I wonder, will Today be a good day? Or will Today be a bad day?

The past was yesterday. Now is today. The future is tomorrow.

Remember the good and the bad from yesterday , and Today will be a good day.

Yesterday, Today, and tomorrow will soon be in the past.

Remember Today will be a good day because the bad of yesterday gone by.

Will I be part of tomorrow? Will I awaken to a new dawn and go through the routine of Today?

I do not know. Only God knows.

And so I pray: Bless me and my fellow man and make Today a good day for us all.






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» left by Teresa Ortiz (4,701)
Teresa Ortiz
(71 days 7 hours ago.)

Reader Rating: 5 out of 5
Hi Olof, this is very sweet and a wonderful reminder of enjoying today, come what may, and I am with you on praying today will be a good day for everyone. God bless you, dear Olof. I bet you are a great boss!

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» left by Sandra E. Graham (2,288)
Sandra E. Graham
from Paragould, Ar USA (71 days 6 hours ago.)

Reader Rating: 5 out of 5
Hello, Olof. You have written a wonderful article, so I would say that that day was a GOOD day. I'm reading it now, so that would make today a GOOD day. Tomorrow someone else will read it and tomorrow will be a GOOD day.
 
You have my prayers for many good days and don't let the bad get you down, for like you say--tomorrow it will be gone.
 
Love to all.
 
Sandra

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» left by Olof Eriksen from Cedar Knolls. NJ (70 days 20 hours ago.)
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Thank you for your kind comments.
Where it came from I do not know, but somehow my fingers touched the right letters on the keyboard, and there it was, out of the blue.
 
Glad you enjoyed it.

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» left by Elfreda Eriksen (45)
Elfreda Eriksen
(70 days 14 hours ago.)

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Today I had a bad day at work and your words helped to make what was left it a great deal better. Thank you so much Olof. How did you know I was having such an awful day? Many thanks Olof, just came at the right moment on returning back from a shattering day.
 
Bless you
 
Elfreda

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» left by Olof Eriksen (70 days 13 hours ago.)
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Glad it did you good, and bless you too with everything I've got.

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» left by Michelle Mackin (4,004)
Michelle Mackin
(70 days 11 hours ago.)

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Well put Olof,
 
I have a saying that, "yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift and that is why it is called a gift." I don't think that anyone knows what tomorrow will bring so I find it important to live one day at a time. Thanks for a great article. By the way, if I died tomorrow, I know where I will go and that is wonderful and more then I could imagine.
 
God bless you always my friend,

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» left by Olof Eriksen (70 days 11 hours ago.)
Reader Rating: 5 out of 5
Thank you, for saying thank you.
It means that someone read what I wrote, be it good or bad, and that I did not waste my time. 
Super Special note:
And should it be that your get "there" before me, put in a good word for me.
I will need all the help and prayers I can get.
 
Olle

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» left by Michelle Mackin (4,004)
Michelle Mackin
(63 days 9 hours ago.)

Absolutely Olof!
 
I didn't respond sooner as I have been working long hours. I also have recieved your book and it has been wonderful and tearjerking at times. There are quite a few things from my past that I can relate to in your book.
 
I do ask the Lord to guide and protect all of my family and friends.
 
Hugs and blessings,

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» left by Olof Eriksen (63 days 8 hours ago.)
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Michelle,
 
Thanks for the note. I knew you would like my life story, and this I say because of the notes and comments swarming in from everywhere, all positive.
 
Olle

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