When I was younger, I went to see the musical "Annie" and heard the lyrics to the song "Tomorrow":

"The sun'll come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
There'll be sun!

Just thinkin' about tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs, and the sorrow
'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!

The sun'll come out tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always a day away!"



Then, when I was a little older, I saw Senator Diane Feinstein on television news, back when she was still mayor of San Francisco. Right before Thanksgiving, a television reporter was going around asking people on the street what they were thankful for. The mayor's smooth response was (as best I recall):

'I'm glad to be alive because as long as I'm alive, there's tomorrow, and as long as there's tomorrow, there still hope.'



At a still later age, I read or heard about the famous speech from the Shakepearean play, "Macbeth":

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."


Now, just last week, I heard someone emphasizing the phrase "Tomorrow is never promised", which appears to be part of a larger anonymous quotation:

"Live each day as if it is your last. Tomorrow is never promised." ~ Anonymous



Perhaps I'm getting more pessimistic as I get older, or else I've just found that writing about "tomorrow" quotes is a pleasant means of procrastination during lunch. :)