tuh-mawr-oh

I don't know exactly what this post is going to be about.
But it's going to be about Tomorrow.

Not tomorrow, November 6th (I guess it's already the 6th-but you know what I mean...), but tomorrow as in the day after today; whenever 'today' may be.

There's a saying in Turkish, and its almost the same in English (actually a quote by Benjamin Franklin) which says; "Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today". 
It sounds pretty nice, and it makes sense too. 
If you can do something now, today, then why would you leave it until tomorrow, when you might have even more things to do? 

Right?

Right.

Or almost right...?

Is that all that quote is trying to say? Do it now for it may be harder for you to do it tomorrow? Or is there another meaning to it?

What if there is no tomorrow?

What if the thing you wanted to do could not be done tomorrow because it is too late, because the person you wanted to hug, confront, talk to, yell at, or be with is no longer there tomorrow, if you're not there tomorrow, if what you wanted to do means nothing when you wake up tomorrow?

What do you do then?

Add another "I wish" to your already existing extensive list?

If tomorrow is the day after today, how are we sure that it is going to be there? And how safe is it to assume that it will most probably be there as we close our eyes in bed every night, believing that we will open them up again in a few hours, just like we do every single day?

Maybe it is... and maybe not. But I'm making a conscious decision to be thankful for every day that I open my eyes to the sound of my iPhone's Marimba-toned alarm clock to a wall filled with pictures, and to the feeling that I don't want to leave my bed, and that I want to have my parents in the next room when I go there while knowing that they are on the other side of the world.

Why is, then, that we always make plans about tomorrow?
All my life, my life has been catered towards "tomorrow"s.
When would I become 18, when would I drive, when would I find out which college I got accepted to, when would I arrive home? 
The future is full of ambiguities, and I hate that. But I've gotten a lot better at learning to live with it. 

You can't know what's going to happen tomorrow. 
You can prepare for it so your expectations are likely to reflect the truth, but there's still an element of surprise, and therefore either amusement or disappointment.
But that's life and I have to learn to accept that and live with it. 

As I'm recently trying to move away from a spiral of negativity and stress and anxiety that's been surrounding me, I'm trying to put things into perspective. 
Yes, the future is yet to be achieved.
And there are so many things I can do with it.
But that's a good thing. Means that there's always an option.
The current structure, and the way the social and business worlds are set up, push most people into an environment of competition, which even though may have its upsides, is definitely not for me.
I find it important to maintain a good attitude, and realize how lucky I am to be even thinking these thoughts. 
Tomorrow is there, and is hopefully not going anywhere. 
I will not be frightened by it and worried about it, but will let it remind me that each day, I have the opportunity to grow and become better than I was a day ago. 

Tomorrow.
It's the day when everyone's diet starts. 
And sometimes tomorrow never comes.

Thing is, it always does.