Life’s Three Tenses
The past is a closed door, the present is an open one, and the future is an approaching one. (Matshona Dhliwayo, Canadian philosopher and author)
It’s a simple, undisputed truth, isn’t it? So, how should we view these three tenses of life? We can’t change the past, but we can and should learn from it. We have to live in today, because what we do today will have consequences in the rapidly approaching future. The challenge is to learn from the past and plan for the future, while living for today.
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)