Getting Tuit

I would venture to say that all of you have seen the little coin called the “tuit.” While normally given in jest, it does carry a message, and that is to get to what needs to be done and do it. Procrastination is an evil culprit to say the least. It is that sly thief of productivity that causes us to operate with the spirit of delay. Its fruit can be best understood by the following prose: "They were going to be all they wanted to be, tomorrow. None would be braver or kinder than they, tomorrow. A friend who was troubled and wearied they knew, would be glad for a lift and he needed it too, and on him they would call and see what they could do, tomorrow. Each morning they stacked up the letters they’d write tomorrow, and thought of the folks that they would fill with delight, tomorrow. The greatest of people, they just might have been. The world would have opened its heart to them, but in fact, they passed on and faded from view and all that they left when their living was through was a mountain of things that they intended to do, tomorrow." Needless to say in 2012 all of us will be faced with the temptation to put things off that need to be done. However, I read something recently that offered some wise counsel. The author admonished his readers to keep “short accounts." In essence he was saying someday you will do something, love somebody, give something or help someone. Why not let it be today? Why keep a ledger filled with unpaid deeds and good intentions? Why not start this New Year out right and get “tuit.”