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There are two days in every week about which we should not worry--two days which should be kept free from any fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its aches and pains, its faults and blunders. 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; we cannot rectify a single mistake. Yesterday has passed forever beyond recall. Let it go.
The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow also is beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendor or behind a mass of clouds--but it will rise. And until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, because it is as yet unborn.
That leaves us but one day--Today! And man can fight the battles of just one day.
Yesterday and Tomorrow are futile worries. Let us, therefore, resolve to journey no more than one day at a time.
--Robert J. Burdette (1844-1914)
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