YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
How not to live in bondage to the past, or to live in regret and failures
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- Posted on 05/22/24
in Poems about Life Struggles
Y e s t e r d a y i s g o n e a n d i s n o m o r e
a n d I can't see w h a t t o m o r r o w has i n s t o r e. .
A l l I h a v e i s t o d a y , t h i s m o m e n t , r i g h t n o w
S o I m u s t m a k e t h i s d a y c o u n t s o m e h o w. .
Y e s t e r d a y i s g o n e a n d i s n o m o r e
a n d I can't see w h a t t o m o r r o w has i n s t o r e. .
A l l I h a v e i s t o d a y , t h i s m o m e n t , r i g h t n o w
S o I m u s t m a k e t h i s d a y c o u n t s o m e h o w. .
Y e s t e r d a y ' s m i s t a k e s I c a n n o t c h a n g e
even if I d o l i f e d i f f e r e n t l y o r r e m a i n t h e s a m e.
T h e p a s t i s b e h i n d m e I've been given a n e w d a y .
I c a n c h a n g e d i r e c t i o n o r g o t h e s a m e w a y.
May it be said of me t h a t I d i d m y b e s t ,
T h o u g h I may not have p a s s ed a l l o f l i f e ' s t e s t s. .
A l t h o u g h I c a n ' t u n d u e t h e m i s t a k e s I m a d e
I c a n m o v e f o r w a r d and give my all on this d a y. .
T o m o r r o w i s s o v e r y f a r a w a y
a n d I m u s t f a c e l i f e's struggles that comes this d a y .
I'll attempt to maintain great expectation for t o m o r r o w
but I w o n t be jn bondage to y e s t e r d a y ' s s o r r o w. .
I ask Lord, You'll help me be thankful every moment I l i v e ,
so I can show l o v e t o o t h e r s and to s e r v e a n d g i v e
. Lord, help me w a l k u p r i g h t a n d d o a l l t h e g o o d I c a n .
t o support t h e h u r t i n g a n d t o l i f t m y f e l l o w m a n .
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