The Next Right Action
All I need to do today is to take the next right action. I cannot see into the future, I only see what surrounds me at this moment. All I need to do is the task at hand as well and sincerely as I can. When I do this earnestly and daily, the rest takes care of itself. I cannot solve my life in a day. I cannot erase my past in a week nor do I want to. When I get stuck in regretting or ruminating about the past or preoccupied with living in the future, I become overwhelmed and life becomes an out of body experience. My fears of the future immobilize me and my pain from the past pulls me down. Just for today, I will not obsess about tomorrow because the only day I am in is today and the only moment I can do anything about is now. I see the wisdom in being here and now, in putting one foot in front of the other, in living this moment as well as I can and letting God take care of the rest. I put my cares and worries into the loving arms of my Higher Power as I take my next step into my day, the only step that is mine to take.
I will take the next, right action.
“Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.”
Michel Houellebecq
@ Tian Dayton PhD
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications