Tiny Wisdom: On Tomorrow

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” -Gandhi

If only tomorrow were here.

You’d have that promotion you feel you’ve earned. Your bank account would have an extra zero or two. You’d be finished with the improvements on your house, and ready for new ones to make it even more comfortable.

Your kids would be in that school you can’t yet afford. Closer to graduation. Closer to adulthood. Closer to leaving your home.

You could plan that vacation you’ve wanted to take. And take it. And come back. And want for another.

If only tomorrow were here.

You’d be one day too late to enjoy today’s sunset.

Twenty-fours too late to savor today’s lunch, today’s cool breeze, today’s little lessons.

One night too late to tell someone you love them—someone who could move, or change, or even fade away.

Smack dab in the middle of another today, when everything is still imperfect. And yet still so beautiful.

Tomorrow will come, and tomorrow will go. Take a deep breath and enjoy right now.

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    This is a great message!

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  • Lexi

    I agree!!

  • http://teachingacourseinmiracles.blogspot.com/ Alban Fenle

    That is how the show will go on, isn't it? But tomorrow will never come, unless one refuses to follow the dictates of one's mind in separation. Then, what happens in this present moment? If one really choses to be here and now, a new world opens up wherein pain and sickness and death disappear. This moment is the closest one can come to eternity in this world. There is no other time. Everything is happening here and now, everything that we always project into tomorrow.

  • Name

    This is a poem.

  • mwarthur

    Seneca of ancient Rome said as much. Have been reading some of his life and comments(see Alain de Botton book) and cannot stop thinking about that. That is how it is, one moment we are and the next we are not, so it is best to be aware of the NOW. Hard to do though, still worthwhile trying.

  • Anon

    Guess I'll post up then.

  • Anon

    Guess I'll post up then.

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