Yesterday and Today and Tomorrow

YESTERDAY, TODAY and TOMORROW

Yesterday  I had time for no one and nothing.

Yesterday I rushed around 

not remembering a thing that I did.

Yesterday I failed to notice

the people I was with.

Today I have time to make

my son’s breakfast.

Today I have time to notice

the pattern on the ivy in the window-box.

Today I am to learning to sew.

Tomorrow I hope to see you again.

Tomorrow I hope to meet with friends.

Tomorrow I hope to take the time to sit with you.

Yesterday, I didn’t thank You for my food.

I didn’t notice what I ate.

I didn’t notice who I was eating with.

Today I am not wasting food.

I am using every last drop of cream in the jar.

I am learning to make things stretch.

Tomorrow I will notice you at the shop counter.

I will buy only what I need.

I will remember the farmer who prepared it for my table.

Yesterday I did not make time to write to you.

I did not make time to listen to your words.

I did not make time to see your smile.

Today I am writing to friends I haven’t seen for some time.

I am looking up old phone numbers I had let go.

I am being a friend.

Tomorrow I will be glad to see you when we meet.

I will not judge before I have listened.

I will be glad to hear your news.

Yesterday I wasted food.

Yesterday I bought clothes I didn’t need.

Yesterday I threw away items with plenty of life still in them.

Today, I am getting another turn from that jumper.

Today I am digging further into my cupboards.

Today I am blowing the dust off a book from the shelf.

Tomorrow I will say my prayers.

Tomorrow I will meet you as church and be glad that you are there.

Tomorrow I will rejoice in the day that You have made. Amen.

Precentor Hanlon