In A Day

What a difference a day makes. Is this phrase a societal cliché? A lyric from an old song? Or maybe it’s a remnant from an old wives tale? Whatever the case, it seems to manifest itself often throughout life. Ten cases in point:

  1. In a day, you can go from being in love to suffering a broken heart.
  2. In a day, you can move from the whimsy of the summer holiday to the seriousness of work.
  3. In a day, you can go from feeling exhilarating independence to profound loneliness.
  4. In a day, you can be jolted from the complacency of routine to the anxiety of change.
  5. In a day, you can go from an empty page to reams of handwritten prose.
  6. In a day, you can mend fractured friendships.
  7. in a day, you can lose respect for someone you admire.
  8. In a day, you can find yourself halfway around the world.
  9. In a day, you can lose (and gain( the salt bloat caused by consuming a family-sized bag of potato chips.
  10. You can go from feeling insignificant and ineffectual to initiating incredible change just by facing everything that comes your way with grace.
    24 hours can hold a lot of power. Power to cause a myriad of emotions surrounding a hidden lesson. How profoundly human.