19 Aug Post Card, 1910

Posted at 10:15h in Haiku, I Am Time by

“Don’t worry about the future,

the present is all thou hast;

the future will soon be present,

and the present will soon be past.”

Family post card sent from Kansas to Tennessee, 1910. Courtesy of Kate Bowers.

Homespun advice from the farm belt; reminiscent of Buddhist teachings, long before they were popularized in America.