Like coffee

If you don't drink coffee, I say, "Good for you." I drink coffee, and lots of it. Some studies say that coffee is bad for you. Some studies say that drinking coffee is good for you. My study says that if I don't drink coffee, it can be bad for everyone. I tend to get a little moody without my java.

As much as I like coffee, though, I prefer it a certain way. While some may prefer their coffee black and others with lots of cream or lots of sugar, or lots of both, I prefer mine good. What makes it good depends on the mood I am in at the moment. Sometimes, I like a little cream and a little sugar. Sometimes, I like just one or the other. And, there are those occasions that I like it black. But, I usually always like coffee. Period.

Today's word is just a little reminder that we often get out of something what we put into it: "Today is like coffee. It will be as good as you make it."

There are those days that I get up and my attitude is such that I am going to have a bad day no matter how much everyone else tries to make it good. You know those days. Instead of seeing roses growing on a thorn bush, you see thorns invading your roses. Instead of seeing a friend stopping by for some fellowship as an opportunity to relax and laugh, you see it as something else to keep you from doing what you feel you really need to do, which is probably sit down, relax, and laugh a little.

It's cliche but the truth is that we only have today: yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not promised to any of us. So, why not make today a good day? Why not try to make today something worth savoring? Because, as funny as it is, today truly will be whatever you choose to make it, just like coffee.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T