Today...Tomorrow...which is more important?

Do not wonder where tomorrow will lead you if today you can not find your way. 

We all have the tendency to think about the fruitful accomplishments of tomorrow without realizing that today is where everything begins. The past is the foundation of knowledge gained; the present is the core of success, and tomorrow is nothing but a wishful thinking. It is always a must to have plans for the future but lets not forget that if we do not work hard today then that bright, wonderful, future dream of ours will never come true. 

A wise person once told me life goes through stages. The cycle is inevitable, but if it happens out of order, then life itself has taken the path of complexity. The moment of birth marks our first adventure on this planet. It is the moment of greatest pleasure for we can have anything and everthing without even a word; we just cry! The sad part is that we didn't even know the difference until it is too late. By the time we know that we even existed, our lovely eight o'clock alarm reminds us everyday that our sole purpose on this planet is to sit in a desk eight hours a day listening to some stranger talk about math and history. It should be even more comforting knowing that the eight o'clock alarm doesn't ever go off. It stays on for the next 60 something years till we can finally retire. 

But as soon as we have finished highschool, assuming that we will graduate from highschool, the real test of life begins. It is now the cycle of application. It is taking what we have learned in the past 12 years and applying to our own liking. It sounds easy but making some of those decisions are more challening then we might believe. For instances, making decisions whether to continue with our education, go to work, or get marry and start a family. All of the above requires some sort of prior arrangement or preparation. 

Either way, we all work at some point in our life, but the difference is the choice of work we decide to pursue. Lets hope that we are all wise enough to at least obtain some kind of a degree so that we can actually choose something we like to do (even though this will never be true). 

It seems pretty manageable if things happen in this order, however, if for instance marriage happens before completion of schooling or if having kids before being financially stable, well things can be a little complex.  

This is not to say that complexity isn't interesting in itself. I guess it is a matter of personal choice. For some of us, logistics and algorithms are always nicer.