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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Can't be happy in the future
Do you think you will be happy in the future? The future isn’t here. You can’t be happy in the future any more than you can enjoy tomorrow’s glass of water. If you don’t know how to be happy in this moment, you won’t be happy in the future either.
I do understand the the meaning of the whole context.
But the underlined sentence You can’t be happy in the future any more than you can enjoy tomorrow’s glass of water is not crystal clear.
Any comments will be appreciated.
I do understand the the meaning of the whole context.
But the underlined sentence You can’t be happy in the future any more than you can enjoy tomorrow’s glass of water is not crystal clear.
Any comments will be appreciated.
Top answer
I think the point is that "tomorrow never comes" because as soon as "it" becomes tomorrow, it becomes "today". So "tomorrow's glass of water" is something that doesn't exist, by definition. ) If it doesn't exist, you can't drink it and enjoy drinking it.
- I think the point is that "tomorrow never comes" because as soon as "it" becomes tomorrow, it becomes "today".
- So "tomorrow's glass of water" is something that doesn't exist, by definition.
- ) If it doesn't exist, you can't drink it and enjoy drinking it.
- This is whimsical talk and intended more to suggest a particular way of thinking about the situation.
- Which I think it does, sort of :-)
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I think the point is that "tomorrow never comes" because as soon as "it" becomes tomorrow, it becomes "today". So "tomorrow's glass of water" is something that doesn't exist, by definition. (From that point of view.) If it doesn't exist, you can't drink it and enjoy drinking it. This is whimsical talk and intended more to suggest a particular way of thinking about the situation. Which I think it d
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