Tomorrow’s Debt
Quote:“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today,”-Abraham Lincoln
Another quote from ancient Indian saint Kabirdas:
"What you plan for tomorrow, begin today,
And what’s yours for today, don’t delay.
In just a heartbeat, the world could end —
If not now, when will you begin again?"
You cannot hide
from the weight of what waits—
tomorrow carries its ledger
long before its dawn.
Each choice left undone
is a promise unpaid;
every evaded task
grows its roots in waiting shadows.
To delay is not relief
but silent invitation
for tomorrow’s burden to deepen,
for its cost to compound.
So pick up your courage
in the fragile light of today,
and act — not for praise,
but for peace.
For only when we meet
our duties in the present
can we lay claim to a gentler future,
free of borrowed burden.
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