Many of us have a tendency to look back at our earlier years and often consider how blessed we were back then. We may have had more time, more hair, more friends, more stamina. We may remember a firmer body, bigger biceps or a closer relationship with our children.

We can consider these days as the time that we were blossoming, our purple patch, our heyday.

We must remember that just as a tree blossoms every year, we too have the ability to celebrate our change rather than grieve for what once was. As we get older we have more experience, make better decisions, we can appreciate things more and we can make better decisions.

Unlike a tree we can blossom daily, all year round. We need to stop looking back with rose-tinted spectacles and consider this day. What can we celebrate today? What can we do today to make tomorrow even better?

All we have is now. Now we can enjoy the fruit of what we have done previously and now we can start the work that creates the fruit of tomorrow.

It starts with today’s blossom.