"Today is the First Day of the Rest Of Our LIves"

@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
September 15, 2012 10:36am CST
I am trying to get myself woke up on another sunny morning that looks like it's going to be another humid too hot day. then that saying kept popping into my head. Does this mean for the rest of my life it will be hot and humid, as this looks to be the case. no breeze at all and the air feels wet and warm. I am pondering on that statement as to what the heck it really means., Maybe my mind this morning is just being obtuse but I am not coming up with any profound meaning here.Your take fellow my lotters.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
15 Sep 12
Perhaps a reminder to enjoy todat as it will never come again? Also to make the day count by helping others? These two thoughts were tyhe ones that came immediatley tomind.Enjoy the day. It is 5pm in London
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
good morning Dawn how goes things for you now? And Cynthiann yes thats probably it, live for today as yesterday is gone an tomorrow is yet to come. now 9:32 am here in Garden Grove Calif.Yes I am going to enjoy today as I am mylotting and 'catching up slowly on all m y notifications too. whee.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 12
Morning here, everybody's up, should go do something...
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
15 Sep 12
And now it is 10.0 pm and I am hoping to sleep tonight.
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• China
19 Sep 12
The saying goes for anyone,including the baby.What we should do is to make the most of every day.Hope the bad weather can't dampen your spirits and do what you like to do.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Sep 12
hi chang no I am happy today and intend tp stay that way even if it is getting hot as soon it will be October and will be cooler hopefullyby then
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Sep 12
hi chang lost all my comment grrrr today was just gorgeous beautiful sunshine and cooler wind and our room is just the right temp and no air conditioner needed at all.'maybe fall is really falling here in Southern California after all.
• China
24 Sep 12
Yes, the hot weather has spent itself ,it will soon be cool.It is very pleasant in Autumn.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
15 Sep 12
I think it basically means "Seize the day". Today could be truly magical, something worth rememebring. I think basically it's a reminder to stress less and love more. I hope the weather doesn't prove to be too humid for you the next couple of days.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
15 Sep 12
The Alzheimer's will make roomie do the hot clothes on a hot day as well. My first MIL was in an assisted living apartment, and someone who was specified to visit her and check on her found her in July in Kansas with the heat on and a sweater. Her youngest son then moved her close to him.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi somecowgirl a nd Lamb hehe okay well I do have the boobs and my husb an every time I lamented at being w ay too big, "I like them that way." Men!! so I just turned on the airconditioner. I cannot believe my roomie has on a heavy sweater and its climbing towards 90 d egrees right now.,Think she has congestive heart f ailure as she gets cold on the hottest d a ys. lol,. Yes SomeCowGirl I too'will leave that to the estimable Lamb.wish we could use one more emoticon. lol
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
15 Sep 12
I'll leave that to you!
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Sep 12
Back there in late July and early August it certainly seemed like it was going to be hot and humid for rest of our lives. It seemed to go on for forever and a day. I am seeing Autumn on its way and am very pleased. Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. SO glad that Halloween is on its way.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Sep 12
celticeagle thats right Halloweenlurks close by and by then it should be cooling down some anyway. sure hope so as today is getting warm and probably hot.cannot believe it almost oct and w e still have hot weather.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Sep 12
hicelticeagle Cheyenne autumn like in Wyoming? or what? today was super hot and again humid its the humidity that gets to me as you perspire and it does no good .lol Also I hope we get some rain'as its really really tinder dry here and one little spark 'can cause a huge forest fire in s econds.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Sep 12
We usually have a nice Cheyenne Autumn and then with October and Halloween we fall into Winter.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Sep 12
At least you have an excuse for feeling a bit scatty, unlike my Mum, who is like that whatever the weather! I will send you a Del Monte lolly to cool you down, how's that?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi janey thanks that might do the trick lol I loved your discussion about your mum even if she is a bit scaffy.It made me laugh and wake up a bit.now I slept well last night yet here I sit yawning and wondering why I am yawning and sleepy.Sometimes old sayings pop up and for some reason I do not see whatever I am supposed to see in the saying.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Sep 12
You sound a lot perkier now my friend!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi yes I am feeling well a gain an our room is nice and cool t oo 'but dinner will be so hot as theres no air conditioning in there but will handle it when I get to it. lol,.
• India
16 Sep 12
Hatley, don't worry rest of your life will be full of blossoms, my wishes for it. Every day we get up with new hope and do our work in a good manner as much as we can, since our life is unpredictable and it is really hard to tell anything about our life
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Sep 12
hi vidhyaprakash what a nice thing to saythank you.Yes i do get up with new hope and a fresh new day and try to do my best even if life is unpredictable. a new day is all we really have as the past is gone and the future lies ahead so we live our best today.
@djbtol (5493)
• United States
15 Sep 12
I think optimists are able to make this statement something special. If you are not an optimist, this statement will not make you one. As a matter of fact, it might even be discouraging.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi djbtol i am a born again optimist and it has me remembering that I survived my son being laid off and not being able to get a new job, and us getting behind on our rent as we ran out of savings,being evicted,, my being forced to come here to GoldCrest retirement center being paid for by m y social security and SSI checks each month. and surviving the odd ways they do things here and knowing at least I have a safe place to live and now I look forward to many happy changes in the future.
@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
15 Sep 12
Well, our first day means we can make of it what we choose to. You are hot, humid and drowsy, I have cool dry weather and drowsy. I may go make a nap of it. I think we are actually having fall. It is 64, but it was supposed to get up to around 90, it is another weather man goof.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hiGardenGerty oh that 64 sounds so good,. its at least 90 or more and humid, I wish fall here would be a bit cooler., I tried to take a nap this morning but found I was wide awake when I lay down so got up and went back to mylotting again,.this new hot spell could well trigger a few jiggles as heat sometimes does that here., of all the things coming back on the freewa in the access bus with him driving like he was in the Indy five hundred, I got to thinking about the North ridge earthquake that brought down a large part of the freeway there,. and of course then I was nervous all the way home. lol,.the moral to that is if we have a big one well we will h ve it as there's nothing we can do to stop it. .
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
15 Sep 12
what this means to me is that every day is a gift and that with every new day, there will never be another one like it and that you need to make every day special and that you need to keep moving forward. its not about your situation, its about you, yourself.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi cher right I do look at it like each day is a gift from God and I open it and try to find some new and more happy things to dp and wind up on mylot having fun also doing a bit of surfing the net too. I find so mu h here to interest me and I do not get bored either.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
16 Sep 12
Hi there Hatley, I think it means to not dwell on the past but to begin each day fresh and new. Of course you can't forget the past because that is where all our fondest memories and best lessons learned are but keep moving forward. I'm just guessing but that's how I always took it to mean. Each day holds new experiences, new adventures etc so hopefully tomorrow will be a lot more comfortable for you. Maybe sooner than that.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Sep 12
hi sid right now feeling sad just realized after some 35 responses mylast discussion was deleted. but I was afraid from the start that it might be too explosive yet I had tried not to point fingers but I guess i did in some ways. anyway I hope this day will not be repeated as its not my earnings as much that I regret but all my friends who responded will lose earnings. I should have asked to have it deleted when I first was afraid I might have broken a basic rule.too late now. I went to comment back on the last responce and checked my tab discussions started and it was gone. so guess this means I should listen to my gut feelings and act on them.I have to get past this as its my own fault I knew better but went ahead. learn from this hatley.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
dear Hatley, Today I woke up on rainy morning and it rained the whole day. Good thing it's not too hard or else there might be flood again everywhere. Wish everyday is just sunny day and little rain in the evening to have a colder night
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi jaiho its so dry here and another hot humid day but my air conditioner is working fine so its nice in here. going downto dinner in an non airconditioned is going to be su per hot,'bu t I will of course survive,. the one thing about cooler weather is yo u can put o n things bu t here you can onlystrip do wn soi far,'
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
15 Sep 12
that is good to hear,enjoy the days and especially make most of it and feel the life all the time
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi natlikeleb oh yes the on ly real happiness we make for ourselves as no one else can make us happy as it has to start from within, so I want to really live while I am alive
@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
15 Sep 12
I think this sentence has an optimistic vibe saying that today is the start of the rest of our lives, the whole rest of our life is still in front of us. If we look to the future and think about how good it can be, we will be more optimist. I think we still have to remember the past but not to let it stop us from getting our dreams.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi stringer oh yes remember the past as in do not make the same errors b ut learn from then. yes to look ahead and hope and work to make some hopes come true as we have a little time so we can use it. I wanted to write my memoirs and think I will start soon to do that.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
15 Sep 12
Its funny how some things are so big to some and so small to others....I an a survivosr and everyday is precious to me so snow, rain or heat is great to me...I will not complain. I will take the "first" day unstead of knowing thinking its the last day... have a great weekend and enjoy your visit from your son... Hope he is feeling better.....
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
grrr lost all my comment.copy,yes right I am also a survivor too as in 2019 we lost it all , money gone and my son laid off his job and b ehind in rent so we were evicted and made homeless,. myson was worried for me so got me in here p;aid for by my social securty'and SsI checks each month. I did not want to be here b ut now I know its so mu ch better than floating around on the street,. so I did for get that for awhile thanks for reminding me,.also our room has an air conditioner so its cool in there while its close to 100 outside., lol m y son will be here tomorrow and i always enjoy his visits too,
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 12
It's another one of those "seize the day" type sayings. Course if it's all humid and hot, your hands may be to slippery to seize anything!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hji dawn and lamb carpe carp oh yeah right seize the carping which is what I am dgoing . I stood here looking out at the large alley behind the Vietnamese grocery store and thought "turn on the air conditioner but not yet.then okay its already hot turn the'blasted thing on," okay its not yet 10 am and the breeze is humid and warm going towards hot., lol carping shame on me as'it will not change one thing. so I will seize the day before my hands get sweaty ,.I could go stand in a cool shower all day no I would just get all wrinkled like a prune. so pretend its not' going to get hot and live it up a bit.right now there's no breeze at all and it was again not overcast. so we are perhaps getting a taste according to the fundamentalists of hellfire and brimstone but I am not a true A erian according to some as I do not go to'church and am a sort of diluted Christian lol,. no I am born an American so there. go\