I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended 1 I was still in the middle of it. This habit 2 first my morn, then my friends, and 3 even my own daughter. Often my 4 wouldn"t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 5 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, "Dad, please just read a book one 6 at a time like everyone else!"
At times I didn"t 7 this bad habit to just books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 8 out what to do months and even years from now 9 enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the 10 of my life wasn"t done yet and that I had many pages 11 to go, I still couldn"t control my burning desire to write the 12 of it halfway through. Time and again, I would 13 jump ahead and try to solve every potential (潜在的) problem before it happened. Life, 14 , doesn"t work like that. It loves to 15 us, and you never know what new problems, changes, or opportunities each new day will 16 .
Recently when I found myself living in the 17 again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to "live one day at a time". When I heard those words, I 18 , turned the book of my life back to the 19 page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to 20 the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.