I’m gonna share something that’s really out there. And I mean this is extremely radical info. So put on your flack jacket, crash helmet, and seat belt. It’s gonna be a short, but bumpy ride.
Last warning. Are you dressed and ready to head out there?
OK. Here goes.
As I type this, it’s early Monday morning. I’ve been up since 2:42. But that’s another story. So, forget I mentioned it.
Anyway, it’s early Monday morning. And I know you’ve got plenty to think about today. So, here’s a question for you. How’s it gonna help you to worry about tomorrow, today? (spoiler alert: it won’t)
And that’s not just my opinion. Yeah, someone else talked about this long before I was even born. And you can find that information in red letters in the Bible. (You DO know red letters are used when it’s Jesus talking, right?) But more about that in just a sec.
Anyway…
As an illustration, think about tomorrow for a minute. It never really gets here. It’s always “out there.” Somewhere beyond the next sunrise. Somewhere in the future. The future is always coming. But it never really arrives. That’s because it hasn’t happened yet. And when the future does happen, it’s today. Not out there in the future.
Ow, I’ve got a headache just thinking about that conundrum.
Today is the only day you can actually do anything about. Tomorrow isn’t here yet, and yesterday is over and done with. (Yeah, I ended a sentence with “with.” So, sue me.) And since today is the only time you actually live in, shouldn’t your focus be on what you can do today? That should be a rhetorical question, but sadly too many people are so fearful of what’s out there in the future they let today slip away.
And when today slips away, what does it become? Tomorrow? Nope. It immediately becomes yesterday. A saying I coined many years ago is this: “Today is yesterday’s tomorrow and tomorrow’s yesterday.” Feel free to pass that on, but be sure and give me credit so I can continue to feed my family on all those royalties.
Wow…time is really a weird thing, isn’t it? When Jesus said “do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things,” He highlighted the futility of worrying about tomorrow. It’s so futile, in fact, you should let tomorrow worry about itself. Hmm, can a tomorrow do that? Well, I’m not gonna worry about it. How about you?
Here are the lyrics to a song a young guy sang that expressed his misgivings about the future.
Tomorrow Never Came To Me
I saw a bluebird fly across the sky,
And I closed my eyes to listen.
Where was the pretty song I longed for?
The silence was unending.
It was one of those days
When everything is gone.
No one seems to care,
And nothing’s going on.
Oh, and it’s just so hard to see
Why tomorrow never ever came to me.
Feels like a lifetime in a moment’s space,
And I can’t understand.
How can the time pass by and leave you drained
Wishing for a chance?
The things you want to do
Are plans that just fall through.
The pieces just don’t fit.
You lose them bit by bit.
Oh, and it’s just so hard to see
Why tomorrow never ever came to me.
© 1978 (October 13)
Stay tuned…
