tomorrow and today – the words of Don Antonio
July 14, 2010
“Manana” to gringos, is the day after tomorrow, clock time moving inexorably forward. For us it’s a philosophy, largely misunderstood by westerners, it means, not doing today what will take care of itself tomorrow. Do what needs to be done today and no more. Not one inch more, you can call it the gift of patience. Trusting the implicit order of the universe, even if you cannot understand it at the moment. Never wait for anything, a bus, a train, for the water to boil, choose to enjoy the sun warming your back, the cool rain on your face and then the bus/train comes along. Enjoy sitting by the warm embers warming you and then the water boils, no sooner, no later. No “waiting” it will make you insane. I never wait anymore, everything comes to me
Today annihilates yesterday. The person who went to sleep last night no longer exists. But we to cling to the idea that we have a personal history, a past, and this is our identity. We can only ever be what we are in the moment. When we cross a stream the water rushes past underneath us, when we cross that stream again, it’s not the same stream, it’s not the same water, that has long gone down stream on its journey to the sea.
Don Antonio
