'TAKE THAT SOMEDAY I'LL AND MAKE IT YOUR NOW! '-Discussing this life-changing poem by Denis Waitley.
What's your someday isle? Mine's that someday I'll write four posts in one day on steemit. Someday isles are not impossible things, they're very possible things that we just choose to label impossible.
Example,
Tomorrow I'll write a to-do list which I will keep to strictly.
Tomorrow : 'well maybe I should just do that tomorrow '
Second tomorrow : 'oh no I'm so busy let's save it for tomorrow '
Third tomorrow : 'oh well, I've done so much today, I'll definitely do this tomorrow '
And it goes on like that. 'The almighty chain of tomorrows '
We slow ourselves down by procrastinating, by postponing, by rescheduling. That's what this poem is about, and that's what it teaches us.
This is one of the poems which have changed my life for the better. I recommend it for anyone fighting with procrastination. I read it (as a quote) in a book by my pastor (he's late), and it has transformed me in ways I can't even explain. Below is the life changing poem by Denis Waitley
There’s an Island fantasy
A “Someday I’ll” we’ll never see
When recession stops, inflation ceases
Our mortgage is paid, our pay increases
That Someday I’ll where problems end
Where every piece of mail is from a friend
Where all the nations can go it alone
Where we all retire at forty-one
Playing backgammon in the island sun
Most unhappy people look to tomorrow
To erase this day’s hardship and sorrow
They put happiness on lay-away
And struggle through a blue today
But happiness cannot be sought
It can’t be earned, it can’t be bought
Life’s most important revelation
Is that the journey means more than the destination
Happiness is where you are right now
Pushing a pencil or pushing a plow
Going to school or standing in line
Watching and waiting, or tasting the win
If you live in the past you become senile
If you live in the future you’re on Someday I’ll
The fear of results is procrastination
The joy of today is a celebration
You can save, you can slave, trudging mile after mile
But you’ll never set foot on your Someday I’ll
When you’ve paid all your dues and put in your time
Out of nowhere comes another Mt. Everest to climb
From this day forward make it your vow
Take Someday I’ll and make it your now!
-Denis Waitley
I hope you have learnt something from this poem. Feel free to discuss it in the comment section. Have a nice day!