How would you answer this question at the end of Mary Oliver’s poem The Summer Day:
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
Because your life is precious, isn’t it?
For now, you start from where you are, wherever that is and then…
What will you think about?
What will you focus on?
What little thing can you do today that will improve your life by even just a little tomorrow?
Perhaps the first thing is deciding what improving your life means to you?
And the second thing is thinking about it often enough that you start to take action to move in that direction.
Another way to think about this: What regrets don’t you want in your later years?
My best wishes, Paul
