The Promise of Tomorrow

The future can be scary. But if we approach it together with a positive vision for where we want to go, it's unlimited.

Ancient Evening by Alphonse Osbert, 1908 (public domain - Wikimedia Commons)

Q: What’s always coming but never arrives?

A: Tomorrow

Looking at the past, the future seems so certain, doesn’t it?

Our present is the future of generations past.

But for our ancestors, the future was never guaranteed.

Julius Caesar most likely expected to awake once again on March 16 in 44 B.C.

The passengers of the Titanic expected to reach New York City on the sunny morning of April 17, 1912

The men and women who worked at the Windows on the World restaurant on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower expected to return home after their shift on September 11, 2001.

The point being, of course, that while we might try to hone and craft the future, there are elements that are out of our control that can shape and reshape our world.

And that’s a terrifying thought for many people.