Motivation Monday: One Day at a Time

I looked long and hard for something presidential to put up this week.  I read through probably hundreds of quotes.  I found some pretty good ones, but nothing was quite right.  Don't get me wrong, there were lots of inspiring, motivating, encouraging quotes, but they just weren't doing it for me if you know what I mean.

Then I came across this one:

"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." - Abraham Lincoln

So short, so simple, so seemingly ordinary and yet ... it really caught my attention.

I admittedly hate change ... despise it ... loathe it.  I could (and have) eaten practically the same thing everyday for months.  I generally like spending my time with the same people.  I can't stand the thought of moving even though I have done it several times.  I get semi-depressed and cry before, during, or after every graduation (grade school, high school, college, and yes, even law school).  I would love it if it was 75 degrees and sunny every single day and I would practically kill for it to be the longest day of the year (think sunlight) every day.  If I find a shirt I like, I buy it in all different colors.  I like consistency, stability, NOT change.

But, unfortunately change is inevitable.  It is ironically the only constant in life.

Over the last year or so I have found there is some change that is tolerable, and some that is even enjoyable.  I can accept when my trainer changed up my fitness schedule.  It is ok when I have to work odd hours.  I enjoy the change I am seeing in my body.  I love planning trips to other places.  So change I suppose is not all bad.

I know there will be a lot of change in my future because there has been a lot of change in my past.  I will grow, meet new people, experience new things, go to new places, try new foods.  Change is a guarantee, but thankfully, my future and the change that comes with it comes one day at a time.

One day at a time allows me to accept and adjust to the new of course, but it also allows me to reflect on and in a sense mourn the old.  One day at a time is how we are presented our future, so maybe it is also how we should live our lives.  Not worrying about the change to come, but enjoying what is currently happening ... one day at a time.

Accepting change and living your life one day at a time takes gumption!