Famous basketball coach and legend John Wooden carried a card in his pocket for most of his life. It was a card his father gave to him with seven principles to live by. It was a guide that John lived by every day of his life. One of the seven incredible principles on the card was, “Make Each Day Your Masterpiece.” John, without a doubt, lived his life by that motto. His players knew him as more than just their basketball coach, they knew him as their life coach. When John passed away at 99 years old, his funeral was more than a service, it was a masterpiece of the legacy he had left.  

When we approach each day as a blank canvas, we realize that we have a responsibility to make every day count. The paint we leave on the canvas of life will be the legacy we have tomorrow. Every day matters. Every day is an opportunity to better ourselves and better others. When we treat every day as an opportunity, we will be better tomorrow because of it.

“Our FUTURE gets better when our TODAYS get better.“

Most people spend their life repairing instead of preparing. Don’t spend today repairing yesterday. Spend today preparing for tomorrow, so that you will not have to repair today, tomorrow. Here’s a question to ask yourself…”What are you doing today to be successful tomorrow?” You see, we can’t change the past, and we don’t know what tomorrow holds, but we can choose what we do today. What you do today will determine what tomorrow will look like. For example…

• If you exercise today you will be healthier tomorrow.
• If you make money today you will have money tomorrow.
• If you work on a project today, you will be one step closer to finishing it tomorrow.
• If you read today you will be closer to finishing the book tomorrow.
• If you pray today you will be paving the spiritual road for tomorrow.
• If you practice your skill today you will be closer to mastering that skill tomorrow.
• If you put gas in the tank today you don’t have to fill it tomorrow.
• If you have the “meeting” today you can move on tomorrow.
• If you forgive yourself and others today you can walk in freedom tomorrow.
• If you think today then you will have a plan for tomorrow.
• If you love others today you will have relationships with you tomorrow.
• If you spend time with your kids today you will have respect from them tomorrow.

Today is a gift and what we do with that gift makes all the difference! We can choose to leave it wrapped up and move about our day, or we can unwrap this gift and make the most of it. By unwrapping it, I mean to take the time to make the most of every opportunity we can. We will end up tomorrow where our time took us today, so use today wisely.

Psalm 118:24 (NIV)

“This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”