There is that old saying that goes… “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”

As corny as it is… that old phrase is about as dag-nabbin’ true as they get.

Today really is the very first day of the rest of your life.

Sure, there have been days before… but now that THIS one is here… those other days are not the ‘firsts’ anymore.   They are passed.   Past.

Which means…. in a very rough translation…. “Get over it… and get on with it.”   This is our new first day… and we can make of it whatever we want.    That is what “they” say all right.

So… again.  I SAY Dag Nabbit.   I sure wish I could do this.  At least, I think I do.  Unfortunately… I am a “Holder-On-To.”  Yes indeed.   I hold on to things.  Past transgressions.  Past wrongs.  Past mishaps.

Resentments creep up on me like a bad pair of underwear.

I love to hear those “certain” people talk about how easy it is for them to let go of things.  Dr. Phil.   Mary Jo Daisy-Head.  And, of course, that little girl in the move Frozen.

But me?  Well… I keep the old Darth Vader neck grip on things.  I know it would be better to simply “Let it go.”  But as that other catchy phrase goes…. “Easier said than done.”

Intellectually, I know it is better to be free of all things which don’t serve us well.   I get it.   And having inner peace is the only true way to happiness… and on and on….   Deep breaths.  Feel the deep breath cleanse your inner spirit.  Shift your focus from the negative to the positive…. and… and…

And when someone stands there and tells me those things.. I REALLY  start to resent them.

You see?  I can be pretty pathetic.

And this is just my first day on the job.  Or so the saying goes.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.  —   Mahatma Gandhi

You can be happy where you are.  —  Joel Osteen