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today is the first day of the rest of your life

today is the first day of the rest of your life.

sounds corny, i know. and cliche. and something you've heard before.

but did you ever think about it?

did you ever get it?

that if you are alive and breathing at this very moment, then it IS the first day of the rest of your life?

the first day. the first moment. the first chance.

you get to start again.

right now.

everything that is in the past is in the past.

everything that is in the future is in the future.

but today...that's what's right in front of you.

this moment. this day. this opportunity.

to start again. to begin over. to be who you were born to be.

it might be corny and cliche and heard a hundred times before, but think about it.

really think about it.

today is the first day of the rest of YOUR life.

your life. not your friend's life. or your spouse's life. or your parent's life.

your life.

your decisions.

your moments.

your dreams.

it starts today.

it starts again.

it starts right now.

it's your day.

what do you plan to do with it?

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