Today is the first day of the rest of my life

I’m sure you’ve heard that saying before. But aren’t there days that actually feel like the first day of the rest of your life–the moment when the door opens and ahead of you is not only a new room, but a new life?

I feel that way today. And with the door standing open before me, I don’t see a room, closed in and confined by walls. I see a green meadow with tall, lush grass. Wild flowers spring up here and there, up and over the rolling hills. Butterflies decorate the landscape as if flower petals rained from the white, fluffy clouds overhead. And the sky is the truest blue I’ve ever seen…pure…inviting…promising.