His mother replied, “The stores are closed now, but I will buy you one tomorrow”. He was adamant in his demand. Until bedtime, he kept crying for the ball. Early the next day, he got up and started crying again.
His poor mother! She went to the store and bought a bell for Johnny. Ringing the bell, he started crying even louder.
“What is the problem now?”, the helpless mother asked.
“I wanted to ring it yesterday”, Johnny replied.
Can he ring it yesterday? Very often this is our problem. All of us are somehow or another caught up by some things of yesterday; something over which we have no control. We are not ready to bury the past. Consequently we fail to live out our present and enjoy its happiness.
Yesterday is gone! We cannot re-live our yesterdays. Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is the reality. Act now…act in the living present.
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