{"id":245,"date":"2011-09-11T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/tomorrow-maybe\/"},"modified":"2011-09-11T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T00:38:00","slug":"tomorrow-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow. Maybe."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div><span>I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow.\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><i>Tomorrow.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I have a friend to call, a relationship to patch up, a letter to write.\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><i>Tomorrow. <\/i>\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I have a brother in need, a sister in sorrow. Sure, I\u2019ll see them. \n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><i>Tomorrow.<\/i>\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I have a book to write, a fence post to set, a yard to\u00a0 mulch.\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><i>Tomorrow.<\/i>\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I can talk about all the things I\u2019ll do later \u2013 and really, I\u2019m just fooling myself. Because later \u2013 including tomorrow, next week, next month or next year \u2013 are not really promised. They\u2019re on the printed calendar, but who really knows?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>What arrogance that I would presume that these important things can be\u00a0done later.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2FlgZ0QNu3E\/Tml-6fD5NoI\/AAAAAAAABi0\/w4LW2JJ6veg\/s1600\/InTheDistance.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2FlgZ0QNu3E\/Tml-6fD5NoI\/AAAAAAAABi0\/w4LW2JJ6veg\/s320\/InTheDistance.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Copyright\" height=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/l.yimg.com\/g\/images\/icon_all_rights.png\" width=\"15\">\u00a0Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/karissa-lynne\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">karissa_lynne<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><span>The future is a thief, stealing all the creativity and innovation from today. It steals the passion and the pleasure, the motivation and compassion, and the grand ideals of the moment. It rips all the good out of the right now.\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><i><br><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span><i>Maybe tomorrow.<\/i> But today makes far more sense.<\/span><br><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_1035633748\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br><\/a><\/span><br><span><a href=\"http:\/\/redletterbelievers.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/tomorrow-maybe.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Care to comment?<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>Please, share with a friend if you feel moved.<br>\nRead all past issues at http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean. Tomorrow. I have a friend to call, a relationship to patch up, a letter to write. Tomorrow. I have a brother in need, a sister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,669,670,898],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-for-the-moment","category-procrastinate","category-procrastination","category-tomorrow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tomorrow. Maybe.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tomorrow. Maybe.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"David Rupert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"www.facebook.com\/davidrupert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-12T00:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2FlgZ0QNu3E\/Tml-6fD5NoI\/AAAAAAAABi0\/w4LW2JJ6veg\/s320\/InTheDistance.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Rupert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@rupzip\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Rupert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/\",\"name\":\"Tomorrow. Maybe.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-12T00:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-09-12T00:38:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#\/schema\/person\/1ee971d3244e1f67a487a31f55d37c81\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tomorrow. Maybe.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/\",\"name\":\"David Rupert\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#\/schema\/person\/1ee971d3244e1f67a487a31f55d37c81\",\"name\":\"David Rupert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47e7c27dc78a66ace4b19bb00da8bccc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47e7c27dc78a66ace4b19bb00da8bccc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"David Rupert\"},\"description\":\"I am a communication professional who has a passion for people. I dream big and with that comes even bigger prayers.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.redletterbelievers.com\",\"www.facebook.com\/davidrupert\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rupzip\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/author\/drupert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tomorrow. Maybe.","description":"I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tomorrow. Maybe.","og_description":"I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/","og_site_name":"David Rupert","article_author":"www.facebook.com\/davidrupert","article_published_time":"2011-09-12T00:38:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2FlgZ0QNu3E\/Tml-6fD5NoI\/AAAAAAAABi0\/w4LW2JJ6veg\/s320\/InTheDistance.jpg"}],"author":"David Rupert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@rupzip","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Rupert","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/","name":"Tomorrow. Maybe.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-09-12T00:38:00+00:00","dateModified":"2011-09-12T00:38:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#\/schema\/person\/1ee971d3244e1f67a487a31f55d37c81"},"description":"I\u2019ve got big plans \u2013 places to be, things to do. But they can wait for \u00a0tomorrow. I\u2019ve got dishes to do, laundry to fold and a bathroom to clean.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/tomorrow-maybe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tomorrow. Maybe."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/","name":"David Rupert","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#\/schema\/person\/1ee971d3244e1f67a487a31f55d37c81","name":"David Rupert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47e7c27dc78a66ace4b19bb00da8bccc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47e7c27dc78a66ace4b19bb00da8bccc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"David Rupert"},"description":"I am a communication professional who has a passion for people. I dream big and with that comes even bigger prayers.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.redletterbelievers.com","www.facebook.com\/davidrupert","https:\/\/twitter.com\/rupzip"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/author\/drupert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}