I think instead of using T. G. I. F., from now on I’m using T. G. F. E. D.

As you know, T. G. I. F. stands for Thank God It’s Friday. It means that you’ve made it to another weekend. It implies that Monday through Thursday aren’t really life, but just days we survive to get to the good stuff — the weekend.

The only problem with that is that those week days tend to drag and then the weekend days fly by. It’s like Mooooooooooonday, Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuesday, Weeeeeeeeeeeendnesday, Thuuuuuuuuuuursay, FridaySaturdaySunday.

I think a better acronym is T. G. F. E. D. That stands for Thank God for Every Day. I’m sure someone somewhere has used it before, so I can’t claim it as original. But I can live it.

The old adage goes that not every day is good but there is good in every day. Every day has value, and every day is a new opportunity.

I don’t want to get to the end of my life having only really lived 3/7 of my existence. I don’t want to say that I really enjoyed less than half of my days.

T. G. I. F. takes a lot for granted. It assumes you get a Monday through Thursday. It assumes that you can auto-pilot through those four days and then really pay attention to the next three.

T. G. F. E. D. is a mindset where each day is a gift. You understand that the only reason you’re alive to experience each day is because God chose to wake you up. You’re too busy being grateful to even think about mailing in a Monday or taking Tuesday for granted or wasting your Wednesdays.

Each day is a blessing. Another old adage says that the day you’re living in is referred to as the present because it’s a gift. No one is entitled to tomorrow. No one automatically gets another 24 hours.

So live each day to the fullest. You can live like you were dying, like the song says, or you can live like you get to be alive today. Either way, thank God for every day you get.