I heard this quote from Clint Eastwood in a movie when he was leaving a bar and his partner said to him, “I will see you tomorrow”. Clint responded, “Tomorrow is promised to no one”. I know this and similar language has been noted in various settings, to include the Bible. I have been talking about writing for years – a blog, a book, among other things. Talk, Talk, Talk! That is all I would do. Dream, Dream, Dream! That is all I would do. I assume I will be here tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, and on and on. I have been planning my life as if I will live forever. We work and work so we can save and save for our older years and for our children, should we have them. We keep saying that we want to do something else, however, will do it next year. Even when we have the opportunity, we fear breaking free of our routine life and exiting our comfort zone. Next year comes and we say just in one more year. Then just another year, and another. Finally, we really believe we are set to pursue that dream we have been talking about as we have the opportunity. We are getting remarkably close to this transition to a passion, a dream. Just a little while longer. Well, next year comes and you believe you would have finally been set to make this change. The only problem is that, although next year has arrived, you did not arrive with it. You passed away having left your dream, just that – an unfulfilled dream. So much waste, so much disappointment, so much regret. The time came but you were not here. Tomorrow has once again arrived for so many, however, no longer for you.

Tomorrow is promised to no one. I can do what I have dreamed of today. Why wait until tomorrow? How arrogant and ungrateful of me to think that I will have tomorrow. We wait and wait. We procrastinate. We get older. Each passing year decreases our chance of ever fulfilling our dream. The more we wait, we lose inspiration, we lose motivation, and we lose our dream. So close but never even touching it. Touching it! We have not even reached for it. Next year, we will! We stand still! We say tomorrow!

I will not put it off until the next year. I will put forth the effort this year, this month, this week, this day. The beginning of my fulfilling a dream is this website and routine blogs. Will my dream of writing become a reality? I will find out as I have embraced my fear and am inspired to move forward. This inspiration will not die through continued procrastination. Will I succeed in this ambition? This passion? Who knows? However, I know that I have already failed if I do not reach for it. One will never be successful if one fears failure. I have finally awakened to the reality that “Tomorrow is, indeed, promised to no one.” Not even me!