One Day at a time
Growing up, this was one of my favourite hymns. It is only of late that the meaning of the phrase 'one day at a time' has truly dawned on me.
I'm only human, I'm just a woman.
Help me believe in what I could be and all that I am.
Show me the stairway, I have to climb.
Lord for my sake, teach me to take one day at a time.
One day at a time sweet Jesus — that's all I'm asking from you.
Just give me the strength to do everyday what I have to do.
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus and tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord help me today, show me the way — one day at a time.
Growing up this was one of my favorite hymns and I used to love singing it during the morning assembly and evening prayer at school. I love the melody and the ladies voice. It is off late that the meaning of the phrase "One day at a time" dawned upon me.
More often than not I have realized, we are either ruminating about our past or thinking about the future. But what about the present? The moment we are in currently and just think about getting through the day.
I am one of those persons who has gone down the rabbit hole of screaming "Why God, Why are you doing this to me?" or forever having that funny feeling in my stomach thinking about "Oh God! What will happen tomorrow" or "What lies ahead". I get so bogged down about thinking about things which are not in my control or I cannot change.
Of late, I decided to take a career break and while all these questions were bugging me — the thought of not keeping an eye on your phone for that escalation mail, or that urgent mail was just so seductive that I gave in to the temptation.
Back of my head, I was worried — what am I going to do? Since this was the difficult times of COVID and people were not hiring, I was worried would I ever get a job in the future.
But I was pleasantly surprised how I have thoroughly enjoyed my time off and in fact grown as an individual and invested in myself.
One day at a time. That is all we are ever asked to do. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Just today.