"Yesterday is history..."

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've heard this two or three times in the past year or so, most
recently yesyerday:

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and the present is a
gift.  (That's why the ycall it the present.)"

I alluded to the part about the present here in 2010.

1967 _Altoona Mirror: Family Weekly_ (July 11) 13: You must forget the
past. Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery. Follow the AA
philosophy of quitting one day at a time and seeking divine guidance.

1994 "Abigail Van Buren" in _Indiana [Pa.] Gazette_ (Oct. 27) 12: If
you read only one book this year, make it "Real Moments," by Barbara
De Angelis (Delacorte Press). ...Another gem from this philosophical
little book: "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a
gift. That's why we call it 'the present.'"


The '94 "Dear Abby" column appeared in many papers.  The quotation
appears on p. 28 of Dr. De Angelis's 1994 book.

JL
--
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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