Today Is Judgment Day

by firstweekly

Today is Judgment Day

I repeat: TODAY is Judgment Day.

Judgment may come in minutes. Judgment may come in hours, at noon or midnight, but leave no room for doubt. Today it is.

Print it out. Use a large font. Tape it to your fridge. Tape it to your car’s dashboard. Tape it to the inside and outside of your wallet. Tape it to your phone. Tape it to your iPhone, IPad, your monitor, your T.V. Tape it to your doors. “Today is Judgment Day”.

Today.

Now, go ahead and live.

LIVE. Engage. Go about your life. Do your duty. Do your job. Be a parent, a coach, a neighbor, a friend, a spouse, a lover, a caretaker.

All the while, never forgetting – for a moment – that Today IS Judgment Day.

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