Tomorrow Will Come For Itself

Jesus comes across a field full of lilies. He asks his disciples,

“Do you see these lilies? How beautiful! King Solomon in all his grandeur and glory is not that beautiful. These flowers are blossoming here and now! They live and act in the moment. They do not do anything out of hope for the future, whereas Solomon lives for the future and in the future. This tension between the present and the future makes everything sick, ugly and tense. These flowers have no idea of tomorrow. They are fulfilled in the moment.

This small place of land on which they are growing is enough for them. They do not crave a larger field. The wind that is passing through them, making them sway is everything for them. The Sun that is shedding light on them is more than everything they desire. These bees humming around them give the joy of the world.

They are contented in being what they are. Just being is enough and they don’t want to become anything else. Not that another moment will not come for them. It will come and it will come of its own accord. And when it comes, they will welcome it, live in it as totally as they are living this existing moment. That is why they are so beautiful.”

The future comes on its own. It is already on the way. We cannot stop tomorrow from becoming today. Let man do his work and do it completely. That is enough. We need not worry about tomorrow which will come for itself.

If you can master the inner purity of your heart, external symbols are not required.