佚名/Anonymous
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept from fear and apprehension,
One of these days 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; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.
The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds—but it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in Tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn.
This leaves only one day—Today. Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities—Yesterday and Tomorrow—that we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives you mad—it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow will bring...
一個星期當中，我們有兩天不應為之煩惱，這兩天應遠離恐懼和憂慮。
充斥著錯誤和煩惱、缺點和失誤、疼痛和痛苦的昨天，便是其中之一。昨日已經永遠地過去了，已經不在我們的控製範圍之內。全世界的金錢也無法將其挽回。我們無法取消曾經做過的任何一件事，也無法抹掉說出來的任何一個字。昨日已經逝去。
另一個不應為之煩惱的日子是明天，以及明天可能會出現的不幸、重擔、重大諾言或可憐成效。明天也不在我們的掌控之中，明天的太陽會升起來，不管是壯麗輝煌，還是烏雲密布——它總會升起來。在它升起之前，我們與它毫無關係，因為它尚未降臨。
這樣就隻剩下一天——今日。任何人的任何鬥爭都隻能在今天進行。隻有當那兩個可怕而永恒的昨日與明日給我們增加負擔時，我們才會被壓倒。