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Challenge of a New Day
by
Mark Mitchell
Soft light creeps into my bedroom as
night gives way to day
The clean slate of a new day, what a gift
Today will be perfect, if I have my way
I’ve got everything planned so I don’t drift
My mistakes of yesterday I’ve learned from, I must say
As my day progresses, plans and actuality have developed quite a rift
Time to go to plan B if I may
Each day life throws new challenges that come very swift
Reacting positively and adapting successfully builds character, I pray
Beating life’s daily challenges sure gives you a lift
Let the day beat you, it’ll be hell to pay
As you grow older the margin for error shrinks, causing quite a tift
In addition to battling middle age mental demons which you’re always trying to
slay
Hopefully as the day ends the mind takes on a positive shift
I’ve had success today, even though my plans always have feet of clay
How does this lead to a successful life, what keeps a man’s soul from going
adrift?
By winning the battles in the here and now and, pardon the cliché, living our
lives day by day
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