One is yesterday,
with its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders,
its aches and pains.

Yesterday has passed,
forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world
cannot bring back yesterday.

We cannot undo
a single act we performed.
Nor can we erase
a single word we've said
- yesterday is gone!

The other day
we shouldn't worry about
is tomorrow,
with its impossible adversaries,
its burden, its hopeful promise
and poor performance.

Tomorrow is beyond our control.
Tomorrow's sun will rise
either in splendor
or behind a mask of clouds
- but it will rise.

And until it does,
we have no stake in tomorrow,
for it is yet unborn.

This leaves only one day - today.
Any person can fight
the battles of just one day.
It is only when we add
the burdens of yesterday
and tomorrow that we break down.