YESTERDAY'S SCORE
 

You can't judge today by yesterday's score,
regardless of how bad it may have been,
for living in the past is not where it is,
is not the focus to choose.

If we judge today from yesterday,
there is no reason for life,
for living over what we already did,
is as if life has gone by.

See the attitude of an athlete,
how they focus on the now,
what happened is done and gone,
and it is today that they care about.

You can't allow your mind to clutter,
with pictures of what was,
focus on the here,,,the empty page,
that you will paint as you live.

Give yourself a chance at life,
try to live for today,
forget what was and might be,
and focus on what IS.

Nothing is gained by anxious or worry,
nothing positive to be gained,
all you do is waste your energy,
and deep yourself a deeper hole.

Things you can't change or control,
will remain just like that,
what was will stay as it was,
what can't be, WON'T be controlled.

A simple thought to yourself,
that those are not worth your life,
that while you focus on negative,
your life is melting away.
 
 

©Written by: Ed Kassirer
May 19, 2001