Easy Does It

"Look to this day,

For it is life,

The very life of life.

For yesterday is but a dream,

And tomorrow is only a vision, 

But today, well lived, 

Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day."

Kalidasa, Sanskrit writer active in India in the 4th Century A.D.

So . . . here we have a dude . . . in India . . . only 400 or so years after the birth of Christ . . . who was saying, basically, as I see it: "One Day At A Time."  So . . . apparently . . . One Day At A Time is not a new concept.

"Be calm, be true, be quiet.  Do not get emotionally upset by anything that happens around you.  Feel a deep, inner security in the goodness and purpose of the universe.  Be calm always."

So . . . here's a book by Hazelden . . . written in the early 50s where someone is saying, basically, as I see it: "Easy Does It."

 ‘Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.’

And here's a quote from the Bible.

The point is, of course, that basic spiritual principles are basic spiritual principles.  This is why most of us are so open-minded about religion and other spiritual philosophies.

Because, basically, as I see it, it's all the same shit.