More Than Today

One day. One day you cannot believe that things will ever change, that things will ever get better, that life will ever be better than it is today, and that the situation you are in won’t just go on forever. One day.  One day you realize that what you thought was impossible to overcome actually is behind you. Things are better. The one you thought would be lost to you or that you couldn’t live with somehow all of that you got through. Today. One day. You realize that without knowing it that bad time came and went. Stand in that one day. Live for that one day. Don’t give up. Remember. One day!

I started 2021 with a goal of 60 books which was less than the number of books that I had read in 2020, which was 72. I like to achieve goals so I thought that would make it easier to achieve this goal. Before the end of May, I was over my goal so I kept increasing it for the rest of the year. From 60 to 70, then to 100, then to 110, and finally to 120. About halfway through December or so I hit and then exceeded my goal. I read 121 books in 2021. Then I decided not to finish any more books in 2021 but to keep listening / reading and wait to complete them in 2022 for my new goal. I know that's strange but that's what I did. Today is the first of January and it's time to start my new goal and finish a book or two up very soon. Goals are funny things. I don't always hit my goals but they help me reach more than I would have without them. My reading list has a variety of authors and ranges from fiction to non-fiction. I like Charles Dickens' books so I have been readin