The burdens of a thousand yesterdays and the fears of a thousand tomorrows are enough to crush us. The blunders of the past are past. Let's quit fretting over them. Future problems will bring their own solutions. Today is ours to live and conquer. We must accept it and live it as honestly and bravely as we can. When we do this, we make our own tomorrows and release ourselves from the tyranny of the past.

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.