A Renaissance leader, art patron and poet - Florentine Lorenzo de' Medici (called "The Magnificent") wrote in one of his most famous poems, "If you want to be happy, be (now), as there is no certainty about tomorrow". How true! One of the greatest challenges that mankind faces on a daily basis is exactly this: uncertainty. You can only know for sure what you are - and what is - in this very instant, but no more. You cannot "know" what will happen. You can only "guess" or "forecast". Therefore, it's advisable to learn how to live in the present moment, without counting on what might happen. Is this a negative attitude? I don't think so. It's rather a realistic one. It encourages you to live as well as you can "now", appreciate what you have and what you are. As to tomorrow, you can only do your best and then...trust.
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