If you could live ONE day over, what day would it be? Why?

My immediate reaction was to relive the day I made the decision to take my rheumatologist’s advice and start taking Prolia shots for my osteoporosis. I will never know if his stark warnings about how my bone loss would leave me a cripple by the age of 80 were true. What I do know is he did not warn me that if I suffered side effects from the drug and had to discontinue its use, fractures of the spine would undoubtedly ensue. Side effects did occur. I had to go off the drug. I’ve experienced several spinal compression fractures. Yes, reliving that day and refusing to allow fear to motivate my decision might have made my life today different but there are a myriad of days in my long life when an unhealthy fear has been my motivator. I feel blessed to be aware of that fact today. Perhaps, I would be better served if I chose a day to relive that filled my heart with joy. I have no doubt that such a choice would include a day filled with song. Singing has always been the drug that feeds my soul. Singing has always calmed my mind, helped me to connect with others. I started singing as a preschooler. It was the avenue that a shy little girl used to be heard. One might say that I sang to me through me. Alas, the body is the instrument of a singer. The days of a voice that soared and soothed both myself and others are gone. I still sing around the house but my ability to project my voice and the three octave range I possessed, are both gone. These days, my song is a melodic whisper but I assure you, it comes from the heart. All this pondering tells me that I can’t re-live anything. “RE” is an interesting prefix. It means “to go back to the BEginning.” How does one do that? Mary Wollstonecraft in yesterday’s Gratefulness quote of the day says,”The beginning is always today.” Today isn’t about re-living. It’s about be-ing alive. Today’s the day. May we all feel and be alive in it.