On my walk the other day I started to rejoice at the daffodils and the blossoms on the fruit trees and the increased bird song. Then right afterwards I caught myself fretting about how we didn’t get enough rain yet and what about fire season and so on and so forth.
I was shocked to realize that for the first time in my life I was denying myself the joys and pleasures of spring, for fear of what the future might hold.
Well, I immediately got a hold of myself with a strong reminder that there is only this present moment. The truth is, none of us is even guaranteed a future, so why waste NOW!
Jesus put it pretty well…
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
–Matthew 6:34