.::One Day at a Time::.
.::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
of 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 larger promise.
TOMORROW
is also beyond our immediate control.

TOMORROW,
the 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 drives men mad.
It is remorse or bitterness for something which happened
YESTERDAY
And the dread of what
TOMORROW
may bring.

Let us, therefore, live but
ONE day at a TIME.