--- title: Live For Today date: 2007-01-21T05:32:34Z modified: 2007-01-21T05:32:34Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/live-for-today/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 88 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2007-01-21T05:32:34Z tags: - Life Poems --- Have you ever wished, when a day went wrong a wish that’s quite in vain that it were only possible to live that [day](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/better-days-are-coming.md) again You’d start out in the morning with the prayers you should have said and through the days your actions with tolerance be led The many little instances that tried your patience, true if [only](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/only-today.md) you could start again you’d know now what to do You’d kneel and say your evening prayers and thank the lord above for all the pleasant hours past your [heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/for-the-woman-who-stole-my-heart.md) at peace with love But since this is a wish in vain and never can be [true](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/that-much-is-true.md) there’s only one alternative just one thing you can do To live [today](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/who-am-i-today.md) in such a way that when tomorrow comes the memories of yesterday will all be cherished ones.