I was having our Honda serviced last weekend when a man in a black ball cap and black polo with a company name stitched on it, walked quickly through the waiting area and said into his phone, “you won’t believe it, but 12 people have died in the last 72 hours. Hit and run.”
He was gone before I could hear more details.
But it made me realize we forget sometimes the idea of doing something later can become never. Later is really now.
The word procrastinate comes from the Latin words pro (forward) and crastinus (belonging to tomorrow).
Yes, there are things we need to do or say that we can move forward, that belong in our tomorrows. But it’s also true, as the group U2 once sang, “it’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away.”
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