佚名/Anonymous
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept from fear and apprehension,
One of these days is Yesterday with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.
The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds—but it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in Tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn.
This leaves only one day—Today. Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities—Yesterday and Tomorrow—that we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives you mad—it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow will bring...
一个星期当中，我们有两天不应为之烦恼，这两天应远离恐惧和忧虑。
充斥着错误和烦恼、缺点和失误、疼痛和痛苦的昨天，便是其中之一。昨日已经永远地过去了，已经不在我们的控制范围之内。全世界的金钱也无法将其挽回。我们无法取消曾经做过的任何一件事，也无法抹掉说出来的任何一个字。昨日已经逝去。
另一个不应为之烦恼的日子是明天，以及明天可能会出现的不幸、重担、重大诺言或可怜成效。明天也不在我们的掌控之中，明天的太阳会升起来，不管是壮丽辉煌，还是乌云密布——它总会升起来。在它升起之前，我们与它毫无关系，因为它尚未降临。
这样就只剩下一天——今日。任何人的任何斗争都只能在今天进行。只有当那两个可怕而永恒的昨日与明日给我们增加负担时，我们才会被压倒。