by Martin Wiles @LinesFromGod
My dad taught me many honorable lessons, but two stand out.
The first lesson came when Dad said, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
I heard the statement numerous times from Dad—and often didn’t want to. I’m not sure if he had heard it from his parents, but if he didn’t, he must have picked it up from somewhere else. As a first-born child, telling me this comprised part of his effort to teach me responsibility. I suppose along life’s way he had learned some lessons about procrastination—a fancy word for not putting off until tomorrow what you can do today.