Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief span
lie all the verities and realities
of your existence--
the bliss of growth,
the glory of action,
the splendour of achievement.
For Yesterday
is but a dream
and Tomorrow
is only a vision;
but Today, well lived,
can make Yesterday
a dream of Joy,
and Tomorrow
a vision of Hope.
Look well, therefore
to this day.
Such is the
Salutation to the Dawn.
by Kalidasa from "Meghadootam", translated from the Sanskrit