Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own;
He who secure within can say
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
—John Dryden, 1631-1700
I love the spirit of those lines, but they make a part of me a little nervous. Mostly I’m not superstitious, but just in case does he have to say, “Tomorrow do thy worst?”
What do you think?
February 1, 2025
it is perfect the way it is for me the eternal believer of Murphy’s Law. ha ha.. it does seem he is jinxing his coming day…
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Don’t worry about tomorrow; it has already happened in Australia.
God bless.
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I’m looking at from the point of being able to handle whatever comes my way, good or bad.
Yes. 🙂
…well, as Melania says, “Be Best!”
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I think I’d skip that line!
Me too! Just in case. 🙂
And the song “Tomorrow” pops in my mind…
The Sun’ll come out Tomorrow, Bet your bottom dollar, That tomorrow there’ll be Sun. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya Tomorrow!
Embrace the present moment and don’t be consumed by worries of the future.
Yes. 🙂
Don’t invite trouble. That was a saying of my Swedish relatives. So that is how that line feels to me–lol! 😉
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Well, if we are good today – we never know about tomorrow. You can lose someone in a second. So live today.
Yes. 🙂
How can I top these comments?!
I’m not particularly superstitious, but that line strikes me as putting a challenge out to the Universe. No thank you!
Same here. No sense taking chances. 🙂
I agree, it does make for a sense of foreboding!!
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I’ll just go with the first two lines!
Same here! 🙂
Sounds a bit pessimistic to me. I tend to avoid pessimists, as much as I can.
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We like what Shug said. And we add, Be happy, don’t worry:)
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