Mankind's Great Dilemma

Mankind's Great Dilemma

Our yesterdays are our written and unwritten repository
Where each day we deposit today's life events and story.
Our tomorrows are our repository for every ambition we can conceive.
That is the faith we invest in this life for what we believe.

Today is that day between the two, where we work diligently
To accomplish just as much as we can. We are so vigilant
To organize as much as life will allow, to expedite the process.
This process is the stress maker where we feel pressured in excess!

Most of us, almost always, feel we don't quite measure up and we try harder -
How many of today's plans have been inherited by tomorrow?
We are always thinking, "When the kids are grown" - "When I quit work" -
But some other pile of responsibility will always, always lurk.

It's almost like an unspoken promise that life gets shorter every day
And we feel that compulsion to get as much action accomplished each day
As our human strength will endure. And, too, we inherently are aware
That life is expecting us to carry our part and to do our responsible share.

But how do you do this thing, to do your part and be responsible
And do the million things that life has lined up for you? Is it possible?
We spend so much time in this tangled web of concern and regret;
It diminishes so much of the joy we know is buried there, and we fret!

As the years wear on, daily lives and responsibilities continuously change places!
The kids are grown, you are old and you've met a thousand new faces,
But if you are what life calls "normal," you're still crowding "today"
And biting off more than you can chew. It never ends in this life! That's the way!