Each day he will set about the duty which lies nearest
him, with a whole heart and with a single eye, giving himself to it for
the time, as if there was nothing else to be done in the world. As for
what he is to do next, he will think little of that. Little, even, will
he think of whether his work will succeed or not. That must be as God
shall will. All that he is bound to do is to do his best; and his best
he can only do by throwing his whole soul into his work. As his day, he
trusts his strength will be; and he must not waste the strength which God
has given him for to-day on vain fears or vain dreams about to-morrow.
To-day is quite full enough of anxiety, of care, of toil, of ignorance.
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. Yes; and sufficient for the
day is the good thereof likewise. To-day, and to-morrow, too, may end
very differently from what he hoped. Yes; but they may end, too, very
differently from what he feared. Let him throw his whole soul into the
thing which he is about, and leave the rest to God.
For so only will he come to the day's end in that wholesome and manful
temper, contented if not cheerful, satisfied with the work he has had to
do, if not satisfied with the way in which he has done it, which will
leave his mind free to remember all his comforts, all his blessings, even
to those commonest of all blessings, which we are all too apt to forget,
just because they are as necessary as the air we breathe; which will show
him how much light there is, even on the darkest day.
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