Thursday, March 5, 2009

Yesterday is history ♥ tomorrow is a mystery ♥ today is a gift

Here are two days in every week about which we should not worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days 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. We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone!!

The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, whether in splendor or behind a mask of clouds. But it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

This leaves only one day: today.

Any man can fight the battles of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens of two awful eternities - yesterday and tomorrow, that we break down.

It is not necessarily the experience of today that disturbs one's peace of mind. It is often time the bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring. Let us therefore live one day at a time.

Yesterday is history ♥ tomorrow is a mystery ♥ today is a gift
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Gotten it from an old forwarded mail :)

2 comments:

confessions of a medical student said...

ny man can fight the battles of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens of two awful eternities - yesterday and tomorrow, that we break down. --AGREE! nice quote~

Catrina Murray said...

Totally agree and love this sentiment. We can't do anything about the past, so why worry about it and the futures not ours to see, so lets just enjoy the present and treat it like that a PRESENT - a gift from God. Love, Catrina. X (An ironing lady - own business).