Yesterday & Tomorrow

There are two days in every week, about which we should not worry,
two days which should be kept free from fear and aprehension.

One of those days is YESTERDAY with it's 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.
TOMORROW with its possible adversities, its burdens,
its large promise and poor performance.
TOMORROW is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor
or behind a mask of clouds - but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in TOMORROW,
For it is as yet unborn.

This leaves only one day - TODAY.
Any man can fight the battles of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens
of those two awful eternities - YESTERDAY and TOMORROW
that we break down.

It is not the experience of TODAY that drive  men mad
- it is remorse or bitterness for something which happened YESTERDAY
and the dread of what TOMORROW may bring.
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