Each day is an invitation
to be a friend to yourself,
to improve yourself.

Each day is an invitation
to practice yourself
in appreciation of life,
in appreciation of your abilities.

Each day is an invitation
to be amazed
by so much kindness in others,
by so much longing for love.

Each day is an invitation
to take time to care
to live thoughtfully.

Each day is an invitation
to live more intense than you have to,
to hear more than yesterday.

Each day is an invitation
to encourage one another
to contribute to a world of love.

Each day is an invitation
to give meaning to this life.

Whoever accepts the invitation
will love life more and more,
even when you know you will die.
Who is willing to be invited
will learn to see beyond boundaries.

From: “Een nieuw begin” by Marinus van den Berg (translated)

Marinus van den Berg is a pastor you worked a lot with elderly people and has published several works about spiritual care for the elderly.