Don't we all easily get worried about tomorrow and sometimes wish we could erase parts of yesterday or by magic or miracle, twist fate into obedience? I always did love the 'be happy for this moment' quote and so I'll share it here and more from Omar Khayyam.
"Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you.
It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
"Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow;
and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire.
Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy,
Since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.”
“Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
“And do you think that unto such as you
A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew
God gave a secret, and denied it me?
Well, well—what matters it? Believe that, too!”
“A book of verses underneath the bough
A flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
And wilderness is paradise now.”
"Alike for those who for To-day prepare,
And those that after some To-morrow stare,
A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries
Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There.”
“Why ponder thus the future to foresee,
and jade thy brain to vain perplexity?
Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him –
He formed them all without consulting thee.”
“O friend, for the morrow let us not worry
This moment we have now, let us not hurry
When our time comes, we shall not tarry
With seven thousand-year-olds, our burden carry”
“Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet
Be happy for this moment, this moment is your life."
P.S. Quotes were culled from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Photo credit: Dr.Semiu of laif!
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