Respect for Today

This is the beginning of a new day.
The Creator has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it - or use it for good,
but what I do today is important,
because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes,
this day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain, not loss;
good and not evil;
success, and not failure;
in order that I shall not regret the price others have paid for it.

- Unknown