If experience has taught me anything, it's to make every day as

"If experience has taught me anything, it's to make every day as good as possible. You learn that with age, as it goes by so quick." — so spoke Jerry Hall, the model and actress whose life has unfolded beneath both the lights of glamour and the shadows of time. Her words carry not the idle musings of youth, but the tempered wisdom of one who has watched the years flow like a river — swift, unstoppable, precious. In this reflection lies the essence of human awareness: that time, once thought infinite, is in truth the most fleeting of gifts, and that the art of living well is not in chasing tomorrow, but in honoring today.

In the style of the ancients, one might say: the wise learn to count not the years, but the moments well-lived. For the young believe the sun will rise forever, while the elder knows each dawn is a miracle. Jerry Hall’s words remind us that experience is not measured in what one has achieved, but in what one has learned — that joy does not reside in the distant horizon, but in the simple act of greeting each day with gratitude and intention. To “make every day as good as possible” is not a call to endless pleasure, but to mindful presence — to infuse even the ordinary with meaning, for the ordinary, once passed, becomes the stuff of memory and longing.

Age, as she speaks of it, is both a teacher and a mirror. In youth, life stretches ahead like an endless road; but as the years unfold, we see that the road is shorter than we thought, and every step more sacred. The quickness of time is the quiet revelation of growing older — the realization that what we took for granted was always fleeting. Yet this is not a cause for sorrow; it is a call to awakening. For once a soul truly grasps the brevity of life, it begins to live not in haste, but in reverence. It learns to linger in laughter, to forgive swiftly, to love without fear of loss.

Consider the tale of Marcus Aurelius, emperor and philosopher, who ruled Rome yet wrote as a humble student of life. Surrounded by power and turmoil, he reminded himself daily: “Do not act as though you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.” His words and Jerry Hall’s share the same heartbeat — that the awareness of passing time should not bring despair, but clarity. It should awaken the resolve to live fully and kindly, to make of every dawn a deliberate act of creation.

Experience, as Hall reminds us, is the slow alchemy that turns impatience into wisdom. Youth seeks greatness in the grand and the distant, while age finds greatness in the near and the now. The cup of tea shared with a friend, the quiet walk beneath the evening sky, the smile given freely to a stranger — these become the jewels of memory when years grow few. Those who have lived much know that peace is not found in abundance, but in appreciation. And so, to make each day “as good as possible” is not to fill it with noise or striving, but to meet it with calm gratitude, knowing that it will never come again.

Yet there is a heroic undertone to this truth. To live each day well requires courage — the courage to let go of regret, to forgive the past, and to meet the future with open hands. Time may move swiftly, but the heart can slow its pace through awareness. Those who dwell too much on what is lost fail to see what is still before them. To live wisely, as Hall suggests, is to live intentionally: to choose joy even when it is scarce, to create beauty even in struggle, and to treat every sunrise as a chance to begin again.

The lesson, then, is this: make no day a rehearsal. Do not postpone the living of your life for some imagined better moment. Be kind today. Create today. Forgive today. Rest today. The future will come as it must, but the present — this heartbeat, this breath, this morning — is yours alone. For one day, you too will look back and whisper, “It all went by so quick.” Let those words not be of regret, but of gratitude — gratitude that you learned, as Jerry Hall did, to make every day not perfect, but precious.

And so, my child, remember this ancient wisdom dressed in modern voice: experience is not what time gives you, but what you make of the time you have. Live as though each day were both the first and the last — with wonder in your eyes and peace in your heart. For life, though fleeting, is not short when lived in full awareness; it is endless in meaning for those who learn to make every day as good as possible.