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Many people are so engrossed in hoping for a better future and what they want to achieve in the future but they tend to forget what they need to do today to guarantee a better future for themselves. A better future does not fall on people's laps, neither is it delivered on a platter of gold, there must be actions you need to perform in the present, steps you need to take, decisions you need to take, sacrifices you need to make for the future to turn out as intended. The truth is, your today's actions (coupled with your choices) go a long way to determine what your future holds for you.

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It is true that the past has gone but sometimes, you will need to reflect on the past to know what to upgrade, errors to correct and lessons to learn in order to make the future better. If you repeat the same mistake you made in the past that has made your today to be "unworthy", you will still experience the same result in the future. To become better, you have to draw lessons from the past, after all that's the function the past serves. The past should be able to teach an enough lesson to be better.

More often than not, what people see as future is an upgraded version of their present self. If this is so, then you should understand that the success of your future (or lack of it) is entirely dependent on you and on the choices you make today. When you take actions in the present, you have to have the future in mind because the results and consequences of such actions will be what will shape your future.

As the day passes, there are opportunities that come the way of everyone but it is your absolute prerogative to take advantage of them. Humans have the natural proclivity to believe that things will get better for them but one thing to also know is that whatever you need for you to get better is already delivered into your hands. Everyone has a duty to create the kind of future that they desire through the action they put forth today.

It is worthy to note that one of the major banes of many people that has affected their future adversely is delayed action. Just to let you know, many people are already living in their dream future. Each time you delay the actions that you are meant to take today, you are already hampering your future. Being inactive at the time you are meant to perform an action has obvious negative consequences. When you have a dream of what to achieve and when you create an idea, the time to take the required action is as soon as you create the idea - immediately.

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Whether you are able to predict the future or not, your present actions should be intentional, deliberate and directed towards actualizing that future. I once read a particular quote many years ago but it still makes much sense to me till now. It says as I paraphrase:

> Your destiny is in your hands, live your life with this consciousness.

In the same way, you should also live with the consciousness that your future is dependent on your today's actions. With this understanding, you will not act carelessly.

***Thanks for reading***

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