This I Believe

Jamie Johnson

4th period

NPR: “This I believe…” Essay

This I believe…I believe in tomorrow. As long as I am living there will always be another tomorrow. No matter how I spend today, the dawn will bring with it a second chance. I can do with that new day what I will. I can waste it, be unhappy, and learn from my mistakes. Or I can use the day being optimistic, constructive, having fun and being happy. Each tomorrow holds a new meaning and I get to decide what that meaning will be by how I utilize the day.

I believe in endless tomorrows because that is what life is. One day after the next and a tomorrow following that. Tomorrow is mine for the taking, and no one knows what tomorrow may bring. Sometimes it is just nice to know that tomorrow is coming. Ecspecially in times of pain and suffering, the thought of a better tomorrow can be a great comfort. Sometimes it is the exact opposite and today was so good that I never want to see it turn into another tomorrow. But wish as I may the darkness fades as the sun comes to orbit my way again. It is like a permanent parent, making sure that you have a balanced and scheduled life to keep you moving forward.

Although tomorrow is orderly and dependable, it is also associated with change and the future. All the tomorrows from here are the future, and we know in the future there is change. So tomorrow is everything paradoxical: change and consistancy; something that is always approaching, yet never present. More so, tomorrow is everything. It is everything because nothing can stay in today or yesterday or 5,000 years ago. People cannot stay behind, objects cannot stay behind, history most certainly cannot stay behind, because we are adding to it and forgetting it everyday. Nothing can stay in today. There is a bulldozer fueled by time that pushes everything from today to tomorrow and from tomorrow to the next day. It’s tires desecrate everything behind the plow so there is no way that anyone or anything can ever find it’s way back to where it was yesterday.

One thingI would like to make clear about tomorrow is that I don’t think I should rush to meet it, because… where am I rushing to anyway? Life is everyday. This is life, right now, right here. I don’t want everything just to be a means to an end that never comes. I believe in tomorrow and all it has to offer but I also believe you shouldn’t rush through today just to get there. After all that would be a waste of yesterday’s tomorrow. So I will live for today and embrace tomorrow.