Concept of Tomorrow

CONCEPT OF TOMORROW attaining the stage of fulfilment. This tragedy is the fate of nearly every person in this world. There are different sorts of animals on earth. They are born and die like humans, but the above sense of lack of fulfilment is not a problem for animals. There is a reason for this fundamental difference between man and animals. Among all creatures, man is unique in possessing the concept of ‘tomorrow’ or the future. It is as if an indelible part of man’s nature is to want to extend his ‘today’ to ‘tomorrow’. He seeks to get in his ‘tomorrow’ what he failed to get in his ‘today’. The case of animals is different. Animals have no concept of ‘tomorrow’. They live only in the present moment. They live only in ‘today’ and die in this same ‘today’. So even though some actions of certain animals may appear to be based on a concept of ‘tomorrow’— for example, ants collecting food for the next season— this happens due to their instinctual demands and not out of the consciousness of ‘tomorrow’ or the future.