Make It Count

Make it Count

When you think about the phrase “make it count”, there should be one thing that immediately pops into your head: Titanic. Remember the scene in which Jack is introduced to the world of fame and riches while on board the Titanic? He has a very fancy, black-tie dinner with Rose and her family when he is asked what his future goals in life were. Jack, being a nomad-type individual, looks those aristocrats in the eyes and says, “I figure life’s a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you’re gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you, to make each day count.”

           

If only it were that simple, right? If only life were that easy, to take it as it comes. The Type A in me just churns at the thought of not having a plan and a back-up plan and a back-up plan to the back-up plan. However, that is exactly how life can be if we just let go and let what will be will be. We all have been blessed with so many incredible aspects of our lives, and if we just take a moment to stop and appreciate them instead of planning, planning, planning, then we can start making each day count. There is nothing wrong with taking that break, taking that step back, or hitting the pause button. On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with hitting the ground running, taking that next leap of faith, or saying yes to that opportunity. No matter what direction you take it…. Make each day count.

Sit on the beach and drink a mimosa. Take that business call that will land you your next client. Read that book you’ve been telling yourself you’d finish. Close that business deal. Shut your phone off for a day. Nail that business proposal. Take the day off to play pirates with your children. Finish that last round of chemo. Get off of the couch that you have been stuck to while battling depression. Step outside and breath in the fresh and humid Missouri air. Dip your toes in the lake water. Go into work early to finish that big project.

It doesn’t matter what mundane activity you may be doing for the day, but in every way…MAKE IT COUNT.

In His Spirit,

Madison Byrd

Heartwork Inspires

Director of Social Media

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year!

-Ralph Waldo Emerson