June 4, 2026- Here and now

Yesterday was but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived, makes every yesterday, a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of Hope.

~Jay Shetty

We can’t change what happened yesterday but we can decide if and what to think about it. We can perseverate on all the things that could have gone better. We can dwell on the circumstances that were not in our favor or on our own actions that we may regret. We can replay yesterday so many times in our minds that today becomes ignored.

We cannot guarantee anything tomorrow. We can take control of everything we can control, but there could be an unforeseen rainstorm, the other team we were practicing for may have gotten better, the questions on the test we were studying for were unfair, the beautiful person we were finally planning to talk to had a bad morning. We don’t control any of that and no amount of planning will leave us prepared for certain success.

All we have is today. All we have is our next choice. Reflecting on the past and envisioning our future helps us gain perspective on the decisions we might make right now, but it comes down to this moment. Since all of our power is right here and now, let’s choose to place as much of our focus on it as we can. Let’s be sparing in all of our thoughts of yesterday‘s “what ifs” and tomorrow’s “maybes” and do our best to live in the here and now. In doing so, we will be able to look back and feel like we did the best we could with the information available to us at the time. We can find peace in that and we can find grace for our errors.