The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Had heard all along but never comprehended
Take life one day at a time, this advice was intended
For people to focus on things they valued each day
This felt too sanctimonious to follow, I must say..
Planning career moves, children’s education, investments
Require looking into the future, making calculated assessments
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Who knew times would change and we would be
In the thick of a pandemic, a time fraught with uncertainty
What the future holds for all of us is unknown
What we have is an unsettling present alone..
The best laid plans for this year have evaporated in thin air
Trying to think about the future only causes further despair
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I came to the conclusion, though with some reluctance
That the only way to live through these times with some semblance
Of sanity is to take life as it comes, day by day
To be grateful for life, family and health as we pray
For a better future, built on lessons learnt
From the pandemic, for we have been burnt
By our need to plan, predict, manipulate
The vagaries of nature, to depreciate
The importance of all non-human elements
In our lives, so proud had we become of our establishments…
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I celebrated today, tomorrow remains unseen
What a beautiful day yesterday’s tomorrow has been!
Passion...unbridled 