Inspirations

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! 

Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. 

In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. 

The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; 

For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! 

Such is the Salutation of the Dawn

Note : I grew up thinking it is a poem written by the great Indian playwright Sri Kalidasa. However my online search for the original quote presumably in Sanskrit  lead me to  the views of a few Sanskrit scholars and researchers who point out that this quote doesn't find its place in any of the dramas of Kalidasa. I might never know the correct source of this poem, but its meaning energizes me nevertheless.