IS THERE TOMORROW?

No doubt, the height we can attain depends a lot on how steady our steps are. In my culture, we have a proverb that a certain animal (wise sheep) asked its three lambs how many times they will have a particular experience before they learn from it; starting from the eldest who said five times, the second said three times. Surprisingly when it came to the last it said, ‘I learn as soon as it is happening to me, there doesn’t have to be a second time for I may not survive the first if I don’t learn’.
There is no better time to become than now and no better time to act than this moment. In fact, every single plan or action of ours has in it a designated end, which turns out to be good or bad in accordance with our effort/right-choice. Good plans result to good ends and the contrary is the case for the bad plans. Yet, the only way to progress is to act irrespective of risks, to move on irrespective of hick ups or fears, to start now no matter how hopeless. In my language, another name for adder (very dangerous snake) is ‘echi eteka’ meaning, tomorrow is too far, because of the devastating effect of its venom. Tomorrow is too far to reach and yesterday is far gone. What we have is now. Each day presents its peculiar concerns, so any time the events of today are assigned to tomorrow, it becomes over loaded and like a computer given multiple commands at a time, the response becomes even worse than the original problems.
In my view, the most approximate way to leave things undone is to carry them over to the next day, in which case, the zeal to finish is diminished from action oriented to reaction oriented. It is hard to come to terms that the best thing to do is to think much less about the history, plan little about the future and live in full capacity the now
What procrastination does is constantly reintroducing a magnified fears of the past into the present, suspending what should be done now, thus leaving the present to be a mere monument.
Sometimes the ethical interpretation giving to this waiting goes a short way to justify the delay and impending crash that always accompanies procrastination. Whether it is called patience or delayed gratification, so long as they are contextually right, there is no problem. The problem with both is that in a way, they seem to be mistaken to mean postponement, but on the contrary, they simply mean, acting as at when due, that is, ‘one day at a time’, not in anticipation of what happens in the near or distant future. Only this way can patience really mean so.
‘Each day goes by as a stream of sights, sounds, events, interactions, and countless different scenarios. Each moment in time can provide a valuable learning opportunity by examining the thoughts, emotions and inner reactions of the day’ , what we need is to be ever present in our thoughts, actions and reactions.
Only we can stop ourselves, for we are endowed with such a great power. Whatever we cannot do, we cannot do because we will not step-up. It is often scary to step out of our comfort zone. Yes, it is scary to stand at the foot of a great mountain with the intention of climbing up, but it is even more amazing to imagine how awesome a view from such a height will be. The simple reason why mountain climbers will never stop is, apart from the fact that they inscribe their names in the annals of history, there is this satisfaction that derives from being able to climb such a height, standing almost above every other creature, land and sees, humans and animals, thus, lifting their whole being almost in the same frequency with the entire universal harmony. The feeling trickles down our spine when we step-up, when we make it to the end of any endeavors, especially if we had put in our all.
We can accept the possibility of their being a tomorrow but it is never ours. The long hours of the dark-night-sleep, that separates one day light from another, though real, is filled with infinitesimal unconscious actions and inactions, we are absolutely not responsible for. From such a view, what we count as tomorrow is a constantly moving day with some hours of unconscious dark moments.
Fortunately too, it is a proven knowledge that the sun never sets. What a common knowledge this is, yet, the most primary wisdom it communicates eludes us. It is always present, giving light to the whole universe without losing itself, rather being part of the same universal whole. If we can remain in the present the much we can, constantly affirmative, positive and proactive, our lights will not only flood the universe with luminal harmony but will even more, transform the dark parts of our whole existence into a dazzling light and the dark parts of our endeavors into shooting stars of unending success; miles away, yet seen distance afar.
In every person lies this great power to create and recreate. It is true that we cannot complete our creation in seven days but there is no limit to what we can create. For us to truly be alive, we must create as God did.
Every day, people leave their homes in to face their endeavors, to create and recreate their life and statutes. People leave their homes to take care of their daily concerns for, not to do so shifts the day’s activities to another day, leaving the today with the possibility of total aridity. It is so easy to fall into the error of postponement no matter how we try but our option is clear thus, take the first step always or remain in the limbo of procrastination all life because the tomorrow we hope for can never come and if we are not careful, the today we have will slip off our hand unnoticed.