Music Therapy with Miss Moon

" Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream."
~ Khalil Gibran

" How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?"
~ Tony Robbins

" Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today."
~ Mark Twain


When I think about the past few months that have made up the year 2012, it astonishes me how many times I have strayed from the path that will lead me where I want to go and to who I want to be. I've felt unmotivated, I've felt frustrated and I have (for more times than I care to count, franky) put on the well-worn and ragged "Who gives an eff anymore?" uniform.

As has happened several times before, I am finding myself in much better spirits, and have a renewed passion to keep pushing forward until I reach all the goals I've set for myself this year. I will reach my fitness goal by year's end. I will find an awesomely kick-ass job that will be well worth the wait. I will move into my own modest but lovely apartment and will be ringing in 2013 in my own space. And until I achieve all of these goals... I will fight like hell to get them!

I'm discovering that it isn't about the days or weeks that you stray from your path, it's that one moment, that one second you steer yourself back into the right direction. I feel like I'm there again now, and it feels great to be back on the path today. I'm not going to beat myself up about yesterday anymore. I refuse to!

Today's song choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon is from Bruno Mars (Making his first appearance in the blog), and I was struck at how many of the lyrics echo my feelings on starting over. I hope you all will enjoy "Today My Life Begins", and may it serve as a reminder that for each day we wake up and rise from our beds, we have an opportunity to do something to make something happen. Something that will ultimately make our lives better, brighter, and happier! Seek out that one thing today and embrace it, dear friends, embrace it with both arms!!

I've been working hard so long

seems like pain has been my only friend

my fragile heart's been done so wrong

I wondered if I'd ever heal again

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same

All around me I can feel a change (Ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me

leave the past behind me, today my life begins,

a whole new world is waiting It's mine for the taking,

I know I can make it, today my life begins

Yesterday has come and gone

and I've learned how to leave it where it is

and I see that I was wrong

for ever doubting I could win

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same

All around me I can feel a change (ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me,

leave the past behind me, today my life begins

a whole new world is waiting it's mine for the taking

I know I can make it, today my life begins

life's too short to have regrets

so I'm learning now to leave it in the past and try to forget

only have one life to live

so you better make the best of it

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me

leave the past behind me, today my life begins,

a whole new world is waiting it's mine for the taking

I know I can make it, today my life begins

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me,

leave the past behind me, today my life begins,

a whole new world is waiting it's mine for the taking

I know I can make it, today my life begins,

today my life begins...