N’oubliez pas qu’aujourd’hui est le lendemain dont vous vous inquiétez hier.

[« Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Ask yourself: how do I know this thing I am worrying about will really come to pass ? »]

Dale Carnegie – How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948)

I was told over and over that « today was the tomorrow I had worried about yesterday ». But it wouldn’t work on me.

I was advised to live on a twenty-four-hour programme. I was told that today was the only day over which I had any control and that I should make the most of my opportunities each day.

I was told that if I did that, I would be so busy I would have no time to worry about any other day—post or future.

That advise was logical, but somehow I found it hard to put these darned ideas to work for me.