Another Day Down the Drain
Don’t Squander Your Time
Time’s a wastin’
To-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow. Omar Khayyam
Another day wasted. Nothing accomplished toward your goals. Another day gone forever. We think we will do it when we have more time or when we are in the right situation or when we are inspired, but Omar Khayyam warns us not to count on tomorrow.
The fleeting passage of time is a major theme in the Rubaiyat.
Khayyam tells us:
Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To flutter — and the Bird is on the Wing.
My father will be 96 years old this month. You might think that, at his age, he would be ready to go, but he is not. He has said how quickly his life has passed. He recognizes that his time could end at any time, but he hopes to live…
