Posted by TerryS (198.133.22.66) on March 30, 2001 at 03:06:09:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
There are two days in every week that we should not worry about,
two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its
aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a
single act we performed. Nor can we erase a single word we've said -
yesterday is gone!
The other day we shouldn't worry about is tomorrow, with its impossible
adversaries, its burden, its hopeful promise and poor performance. Tomorrow
is beyond our control.
Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds - but
it will rise. And until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet
unborn.
This leaves only one day - today. Any person can fight the battles of just
one day. It is only when we add the burdens of yesterday and tomorrow that
we
break down.
It is not the experience of today that drives people mad - it is the remorse
of bitterness for something which happened yesterday, and the dread of what
tomorrow may bring.
Let us, therefore, live one day at a time!