Tomorrow's Story

Several days a week, at my usual coffee shop, I often see a group of 5-7 young men sitting “entrenched” in the back row. I say “entrenched” because they have to sit there all morning, and some days at noon, they even order boxed lunches and fried noodles to fill their stomachs at the coffee shop. I pay attention to this group because they are quite messy, not only do they laugh loudly, but they also swear, put their feet up on the table, and occasionally smoke even though the shop has a sign prohibiting smoking in air-conditioned rooms. Many times I feel annoyed and have to gently remind them, but after a short time, everything goes back to normal. Because they are loud, even though they don’t want to hear it, a few things still get through!

A person, let's call him A., often talks about plans that sound very grand, like: If you have capital, give it to me, I will build a hotel by the sea. Tourism is gradually recovering, business is booming! Another person, let's call him B., is not far behind: Someday I will invest in education, education business is very profitable these days. Occasionally, a few other friends also talk about their grand plans, as if if they don't say it, they will be inferior to their friends: I will just earn real money, someday I will open a restaurant, in any era people have to eat, if I open a restaurant, I will not be afraid of losing...

In general, stories like that kept pouring into my ears, listening to this group talk, I had to be impressed, because all of their plans were grand, grand, billions of dollars. At first, I secretly admired them in my heart, thinking to myself that the young people looked wild but also had quite a lot of ambition. Gradually, day after day, month after month, every time that group gathered, they would pour out many plans, many promises for tomorrow, but in the story, nothing ever came true. Month after month, year after year, the same people sat in the corner of the shop, smoking, cursing and creating illusions for themselves.

Tomorrow is such a vague time mark. According to the natural operation of the Earth's orbit, tomorrow quickly becomes today, the future quickly becomes the present, many plans become the past... If you just sit still and think about all the unrealistic things without taking any concrete actions to turn them into reality, then sadly, tomorrow will never come! On the road of life, I have met and witnessed many people, many lives like that. Talking well, plowing poorly, not even bothering to plow, just talking and talking!

It is said that the biggest distance in life is from the head to the hands. Being able to think and speak is already a kind of courage, but from thinking and speaking to doing requires great courage and determination. The courage and heart of a person who acts will never wait for some vague tomorrow, but their consciousness will urge them to find/create opportunities, grasp and act quickly. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, all great things start from small actions. If you do not take a step, do not dare to do, then what is the point of sitting in one place and talking about some invisible tomorrow?

I have met many people with big ambitions and big dreams, but their lives are a mess, a complete failure. They struggle in the present, frustrated with their troubles, thinking that with their forward thinking, they deserve a better life. They never understand that those are just things they imagine, and what they hold in their hands is just a handful of cold water. They say they want to stand at the peak of fame, want a beautiful body, want to have a confident and attractive demeanor... but all they do is sleep until noon, are lazy to exercise, say they are tired when they play sports, say they are bored when they work... They rely on their youth, say that things are still there, let's just leave it for tomorrow!

From ancient times to the present, talking about time has always been likened to a dove galloping through the window, like the blink of an eye, like a storm… Meaning that time passes very quickly, so quickly that if we waste even a moment, it means that the hourglass of our life is gradually running out to the last grains. After all, each person only has one life to live. Living in the present, living for the present - fully, that is a life worth living. Tomorrow's story must start today!