Somedays...

Some days aren't yours at all.
They come and go
As if they're someone else's days...
-Some days by Regina Spektor.

I wonder if she knows how right she really is.

Of course she's playing on the phrase "Today's just not my day..." that we use when we're having a bad day. I've said this so many times before. Especially at work. I'll be the first to admit that I make more than my fair share of mistakes at good 'ole Ironton McDonald's. I mess up an order, I hand out the wrong food, I spill 5 gallons of tea on the floor, or throw McFlurry every where. I drop things, I spill things, and I run into things. Sometimes, I do all in the same eight hours. And what do I say?
"Today's just not my day..."
And too many times after I said this, I fall apart in my truck, feeling like a total failure. So what do I do? I call Josh looking for support, comfort, love. But what to I hear? "It wasn't your day. Don't worry about it."

God bless him. He tried. And I don't have the heart to tell him that I really didn't want to hear that. The control freak in me is by now totally insane and visible.

But because I write about perspective all the time, I figured it's about time I rework the way I see things instead of just telling you to do the same.
When Ms. Pandora opened her box and played me some Regina, I reacted differently to the song.

"Some days aren't yours at all"
"Because they aren't!"

Even though I'd said those words, my light bulb didn't flicker on for a few more seconds. Then I got it. The days we're given aren't ours at all! They're all God's. He just loans them to us so that we can turn them into something productive for Him. And that's one loan you really should try NOT to default on.

So how's about it? Stop pretending that yesterday matters, that we own today, and that we're guaranteed tomorrow. Live today, and live it to love others, and love God. =]