Yesterday and tomorrow have no relevance in the larger sense. Perhaps that is why Jesus said to “take no thought for tomorrow.”

And this quote:

“Tomorrow may never come to us. We do not live in tomorrow. We cannot find it in any of our title-deeds. The man who owns whole blocks of real estate, and great ships on the sea, does not own a single minute of tomorrow. Tomorrow! It is a mysterious possibility, not yet born. It lies under the seal of midnight–behind the veil of glittering constellations.”~ E. H. Chapin

And so we live as egos, fragile things that they are! The ego is a fretter, a whiner and a moaner. It masquerades in order to fool other egos. Let that sink in.

The more I study Vicki, the more restless she becomes, because she prefers the glitter which turns bitter. Knowing her days on earth are numbered (as are everyone’s), she nevertheless wastes her days in idle speculation, outright fear and abject failure. I can say this because I have been studying her for years. She never learns; she only speculates on what tomorrow might bring.

The Real “I” is nameless and formless, while the false ego frets only about itself and its inevitable decline.

Yesterday I wrote about Surajit Basat and his ultimate disappearance from Facebook. I spent time yesterday reading some of his wise words. As far as I know, he lived in poverty, yet was content to share what he knew via his phone. Now he is a mere vapor trail….as are we all.

He was from India and was used to poverty, whereas we in the United States do not know such dire conditions.

Well, that’s it for this morning. See you tomorrow (which may never come, of course.)

Vicki Woodyard