It’s Saturday! And day 5 of the series 31 Days of Lessons from My 20’s. On the weekends I’m going to post some “fun stuff” to inspire you. If you want to read all the posts in this series, you can find every post listed here. If you want to have all the posts delivered to your email inbox, subscribe here.

Every time I hear the song “These are Days” by 10,000 Maniacs I think of my college friend, Jenny. The year after we graduated she invited us to her parents lake house for a “reunion” even though only a summer had passed. She made us t-shirts that said “These are the Days” on them. I still wear mine sometimes.Every time I hear this song I think of Jenny, too.

I was barely a twenty-something.

Little did I know that the years to come would be “The Days”. Days of laughter. Days of mistakes. Days of heartbreak. Days of choices. Days of promise. Days to be filled that I would remember. Days of foundation.

These are your days. Live them.

These are the days
These are days you’ll remember
Never before and never since, I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this
And as you feel it,
You’ll know it’s true
That you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you
Are touched by something
That will grow and bloom in you

These are days that you’ll remember
When May is rushing over you
With desire to be part of the miracles
You see in every hour
You’ll know it’s true
That you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you are touched
By something that will grow and bloom in you

These are days
These are the days you might fill
With laughter until you break
These days you might feel
A shaft of light
Make its way across your face
And when you do
Then you’ll know how it was meant to be
See the signs and know their meaning
It’s true
Then you’ll know how it was meant to be
Hear the signs and know they’re speaking
To you, to you

What are you going to remember about today?

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