Does Yesterday Matter?

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As every moment passes it becomes part of history and each completed day becomes yesterday. But does yesterday really matter?

Does it matter now that Adam ate fruit that was forbidden? Does it matter now that the Jews escaped from enslavement in Egypt, or that Moses read them the Ten Commandments?

Does it matter now that America was settled by people seeking freedom, or that someone in your family tree immigrated here from somewhere else? Does it matter now that people from Africa were brought here as slaves, but were later freed?

Does it matter now what Adolf Hitler did in 70 years ago, or how Japan brought us into World War II? What about the killing of thousands of civilians with two atomic bombs, or by four hijacked airplanes many years later?

Does it matter now whether you were the first in your family to obtain a college education, or the firstborn son to carry on the family name? Does it matter now that your best friend died in the war, or that you lost a sibling far too soon?

Does it matter now if you took a single semester of drafting in high school, or that you forgot Mother’s Day so many times? Does it matter now if you ever raised a chicken, owned a pet, or planted a garden?

Would it matter now if your home was destroyed by a flood or fire, or lost to foreclosure. Does it matter now if you smoked dope a long time ago, or that you sang a song with your child?

Some say, "That was Yesterday, and Yesterday is gone." What say you? Take the poll to the left.
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