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Two Days About Which Not to Worry

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 all 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 forever. Hopefully
you learned something.

The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow --
with all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large
promise and its 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
yet to be born. Hopefully you will learn something.

This leaves only one day, Today. Any person can fight the
battle of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens
of those two awful eternity's, Yesterday and Tomorrow, that
we break down. It is not the experience of Today that drives
a person mad, it is the remorse or bitterness of something
which happened Yesterday and the dread of what
Tomorrow may bring.

Therefore, seize Today. Carpe diem. Use what you have
learned from Yesterday, remember what you hope for
Tomorrow, and make Today the best possible day. Today
only comes once.

¨ Author Unknown
If you will come

I shall put out
new pillows for
you to rest on

SAPPHO