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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 fear and apprehension.
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One of these days is Yesterday
with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders,
its aches and pains.
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Yesterday has passed forever
beyond our control.
All the money in the world
cannot bring back Yesterday.
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We cannot undo a single act
we performed;
We cannot erase a single word
we said.
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Yesterday is gone forever.
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The other day we should not
worry about is Tomorrow
with all its possible adversities,
its burdends, its large promise,
and its poor performance;
Tomorrow is also beyond
our immediate control.
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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.
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This leaves only one day,
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Any person can fight the battle
of just one day.
It is when you and I add the burdens
of those two awful eternities
Yesterday and Tomorrow
that we break down.
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It is not the experience of Today
that drives a person man,
it is the remorse or bitterness
of something which happened Yesterday
and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.
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Let us, therefore, live but one day at a time.
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