by Shellie Delancy

Created on: February 18, 2007   Last Updated: May 14, 2007

The bright morning sun causes my eyes to squint. The reflections of the sun's bright light is coming through my window. I know that it is still early and the temperatures are in the 80's, but it will get hot today. That is a given. Our June through August weather is always very hot. Another summer day of 100 degree temperatures is about to become a reality. I slowly open my eyes to greet the day. I am alive and being given another chance to make a difference in the world. I dread the summer days that are so blazingly hot and difficult to get through.

I have to remind myself that all days are gifts. All we can do is make what we can out of the days we are given. Have we any choice? Would we really want any other choice? Either we live to go through a day or not. Life offers us the opportunity to repair past errors. The clock we cannot turn back, but with wisdom our past errors will not be repeated mistakes. As a woman I have make errors. As I have learned wisdom, I learn that the way things were was the only way that they ever could be. Examining the past, I now rejoice in the present. Ever thoughtful for the morrow. Ever thankful for the past errs. Ever grateful for the beating of my heart, the blood flowing through my body to my brain, the ability to see clearly (with corrective lenses) the ability to make my hands what they were always meant to be - God's hands.
It is only though my hands that good can be done. I pray that I am a purveyor of love, warmth, sweetness and the goodness of an angel. Life is good, although it has not always been that way.

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