Speaker 1: Tomorrow. The work and cares of today easy if we
Speaker 1: do not worry about those of tomorrow, the mysterious Tomorrow
Speaker 1: and its terrors. The way to meet the cares of tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow's opportunities will come as surely as Tomorrow's cares law supreme.
Speaker 1: No need to be afraid the real Tomorrow. The work
Speaker 1: of each day would be a pleasure if we would
Speaker 1: refrain from attempting to perform at the same time the
Speaker 1: work of tomorrow. The cares of today would cease to
Speaker 1: disturb us if we would refuse to anticipate the cares
Speaker 1: of tomorrow. The work of today is easily performed. Notwithstanding
Speaker 1: the fact that we spoiled the pleasure of yesterday by
Speaker 1: fretting about the tasks of the coming day. The cares
Speaker 1: of today do not seem half so terrible as they
Speaker 1: appeared viewed from the distance of yesterday. Nor do we
Speaker 1: suffer nearly as much from today's burdens as we did yesterday.
Speaker 1: In bearing these burdens in anticipation, today is comparatively easy
Speaker 1: for us. But oh tomorrow, Ay, there's the trouble Tomorrow.
Speaker 1: The past is gone, and its sorrows cares troubles, misfortunes,
Speaker 1: and work do not seem so terrible viewed from this distance.
Speaker 1: The misfortunes of the past are now often known as
Speaker 1: blessings in disguise. Today is here, and we seem to
Speaker 1: be getting along fairly well, excepting fearing the dawn of tomorrow.
Speaker 1: But tomorrow, Oh, mysterious tomorrow, that delight of the child,
Speaker 1: that bugaboo of the grown up? What shall we say
Speaker 1: of tomorrow? Who knows? What terrible monsters are lurking in
Speaker 1: its gloomy recesses, What frightful cares are slumbering there? What
Speaker 1: dreadful shapes are there crouching with glowering eyes awaiting our coming?
Speaker 1: No frightful tale of childhood begins to compare in horror
Speaker 1: with this fantasy of maturity. To Morrow, yesterday, with all
Speaker 1: its troubles. To day, with its pressing tasks, affright us not.
Speaker 1: But to morrow, Ah, to morrow, tell us of the morrow,
Speaker 1: who knows what a day may bring? Forth? Tell us
Speaker 1: how to meet the terrors of tomorrow? Forsooth an easy task,
Speaker 1: good friends, The way to meet the terrors of tomorrow
Speaker 1: is to wait until to morrow. The cares of to
Speaker 1: morrow indeed, twould be laughable if it were not so pitiful.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow's cares may come, will come, must come. But what
Speaker 1: of tomorrow's opportunities, tomorrow's strength, tomorrow's chances, circumstances helpers. Don't
Speaker 1: you know that the supply of good things does not
Speaker 1: cease with the close of today. Don't you know that
Speaker 1: in the womb of the future sleep opportunities intended for
Speaker 1: your use when the time comes. Don't you know that
Speaker 1: in earnest, confident expectation of the good things to come
Speaker 1: will cause these good things to grow for your use
Speaker 1: in the future. Well, it's so. They'll grow and grow
Speaker 1: and grow, and then when you need them, you will
Speaker 1: find them ripe and ready to pick. Water them with faith,
Speaker 1: surround them with the rich soil of hope. Let them
Speaker 1: receive the full rays of the sun of love, and
Speaker 1: the nourishing fruit of opportunity will be your reward tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Did you ever shiver with dread at the thought of
Speaker 1: what would happen if the sun should not rise tomorrow?
Speaker 1: Did you ever doubt that the grass would grow and
Speaker 1: the trees take on leaves next spring? Did you ever
Speaker 1: fear that perhaps the summer would not come Oh, no,
Speaker 1: of course not. These things have always happened, and you
Speaker 1: have sufficient faith to know that they will occur again. Yes,
Speaker 1: but you have been fearing that opportunities, chances, circumstances may
Speaker 1: not be present tomorrow. Oh, ye of little faith. Do
Speaker 1: you not know that this is no world of chance?
Speaker 1: Do you not know that you are working under the
Speaker 1: operations of a great law, and that these things are
Speaker 1: as much amenable to that law as are the seasons,
Speaker 1: the crops, the motion of the Earth, the planets, this
Speaker 1: and countless other solar systems, the universe, the law which
Speaker 1: regulates the motions of the millions of worlds, and whose
Speaker 1: jurisdiction extends over space. That space, the abstract idea of
Speaker 1: which cannot be grasped by the puny intellect of man
Speaker 1: of today, also takes cognizance of the tiny living organism,
Speaker 1: too small to be seen through our strongest microscope. The
Speaker 1: sparrow's fall comes under the law, as well as the
Speaker 1: building of a magnificent series of solar systems, And yet
Speaker 1: man fears tomorrow of all living beings, Man alone fears tomorrow. Children,
Speaker 1: lovers and philosophers escape the curse. The first to look
Speaker 1: forward to it with joy and confidence, having the love
Speaker 1: that casteth out the philosopher's reason teaches him that which
Speaker 1: the intuition of the other two has grasped. The child
Speaker 1: intuitively recognizes that the infinite supply is inexhaustible, and naturally
Speaker 1: expects tomorrow's supply as he does tomorrow's sun. He has
Speaker 1: faith in the law until fear is suggested into his
Speaker 1: receptive mind by those who have grown old enough to fear.
Speaker 1: The child knows that there are just as good fish
Speaker 1: in the sea as ever were caught, But the grown
Speaker 1: up fears that today's fish is the last in the sea,
Speaker 1: and fails to appreciate today's hall by reason of his
Speaker 1: worry about the possible future failure of the fishing industry.
Speaker 1: Oh no, I do not believe in just sitting down
Speaker 1: and folding my hands and waiting for mine own to
Speaker 1: come to me. I know that mine own will come
Speaker 1: to me because I am doing well the work that
Speaker 1: the Law has placed before me, to do that which
Speaker 1: lies nearest to my hand. Today. I believe in work,
Speaker 1: good work, honest work, cheerful work, hopeful work, confident work.
Speaker 1: I believe in the joy of work, the pleasure of creating.
Speaker 1: And I believe that he who does his best work
Speaker 1: one day at a time, working with faith, hope, and
Speaker 1: confidence in the morrow, with fear eliminated from his mind
Speaker 1: and replaced with courage, I believe, I say, that such
Speaker 1: a man will never find his cupboard empty, nor will
Speaker 1: his children want for bread. And furthermore, I believe that
Speaker 1: tomorrow is what we make it by our thoughts today.
Speaker 1: I believe that we are sowing thought seeds today which
Speaker 1: will grow up overnight and bear fruit tomorrow. I believe
Speaker 1: that thought takes form in action, and that we are
Speaker 1: and will be just what we think ourselves into being.
Speaker 1: I believe that our minds and bodies are constantly being
Speaker 1: molded by our thoughts, and that the measure of man's
Speaker 1: success is determined by the character of his thoughts. And
Speaker 1: I believe that when man will throw off the incubus
Speaker 1: of fear, the frightful vision of the night will vanish,
Speaker 1: and opening his eyes in the place of the monster,
Speaker 1: he will see the fair form and smiling face of
Speaker 1: a radiant creature, who, bending over him with love, lit eyes,
Speaker 1: will softly whisper I am tomorrow.