Life can be hard, easy and everything in between. American cartoonist Bill Keane once said, "Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present."

And to that, I say "Bullshit." Yes, today is technically a gift because we are all still alive, but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy it. Today might be the worst day of my life or even the worst day of yours, so I wouldn't necessarily consider that to be any special type of gift. Of course, we are all thankful that we are here today, but sometimes some of us change our perspective to focus on the complication that is irritating us the most. And to that, I say that today is just today. Yes, tomorrow is the future and yesterday was the past. But today is just another day. If it a great day, then great, it will be a great day. If not, there is always tomorrow.

Personally, I prefer the saying, "Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose." These wise words were spoken by former President London B. Johnson. Yesterday cannot be recovered, and it is not ours to try to change. As for tomorrow, you get to decide whether you will win or lose. You may be asking yourself, "Well how do you win or lose a day?" To that, the answer is simple. If you enjoyed that day and if it was better than yesterday, then congratulations, you won. If that day is the same as yesterday, then you lost, and you try again the next day. In the end, it is up to you whether you win or lose tomorrow and each tomorrow after that.

You don't have to fall into the social belief that you have toappreciate today, nor should you think of today as a waste. Instead, think of today as a practice for tomorrow. It has been said that practice makes perfect, so the more days you consider to be practices instead of wasted days, then the better the next day may be. So, don't focus too much on today. Look beyond today and realize that tomorrow is another chance to achieve a goal. You have to realize that today is not (likely) the end. Tomorrow is the future, you get to either win or lose those 24 hours. You determine what happens in the future, even though the events of today might be completely out of your hands.

Today is only the foreword to tomorrow. It is up to you how your tomorrow goes. Will you win tomorrow or lose? The choice is completely up to you. Don't forget the importance of looking beyond today, because there is so much out there for you tomorrow.