ONE DAY AT A TIME
There 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 ashes 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 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 one day. It is when you and I add the
burdens of two awful enemies – 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 the bitterness for something which happened
yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring. Let us therefore live one day at a time.
~Coach Bacevich
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