I ran across across a story about prayer in AA circles.  It goes like this:  “Every morning look up at the sky and say, ‘Whatever.’  And then at night, just before you go to sleep, say ‘Enough.’ “ *

To expand on this, each morning we can wake up and say that we are open to “whatever” God has in store for us.  This may mean shelving well-laid plans and at a minimum it means being attentive to those whom God has placed in our path that day.

And at the end of the day, we can say “enough.”  We did not accomplish everything we intended.  And if we could do it all over again, in a perfect world, there are some things we would do differently.  For today, however, it is enough.

And tomorrow we will have another opportunity to begin the day with “Whatever.”

* Thanks to Three Simple Rules, by Michael Graubart, pages 113-115.