Wednesday, February 08, 2012

This is the first day of the rest of my life

No, really, it is.

In the 1999 film "American Beauty," Lester Burnham (played by Kevin Spacey) says: "Remember those posters that said, 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life'? Well, that's true of every day but one: the day you die."

This is the day I did not die.

This is the first day that the ghost of the past no longer hovers over me. Oh, I have a past, don't get me wrong. It's just that some really awful things in it no longer have a hold on me.

I feel like shouting in the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Free at last!

2 comments:

Ms. Di Rico said...

Hooray! Here's to the day you did not die and the many "free at last" days ahead.

Andy said...

Good! I'm really pleased for you. May you have lots of joy in all these new days.