All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith

“All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in courage.” Thus spoke Vash Young, a man who knew the weight of hardship and the struggle of the spirit. His words are not those of a philosopher in comfort, but of a soul tested by despair — a man who had tasted failure and sorrow, and who, through faith and courage, found the light again. This quote is a confession, a revelation, and a commandment to all who tremble before the uncertainty of life: that fear fades not by the passing of time, but by the decision to live bravely in the present moment.

Born in poverty and adversity, Vash Young rose from obscurity in early twentieth-century America to become a writer and speaker whose wisdom was forged in experience, not theory. He lived through times when the future seemed as bleak as the Great Depression itself. Yet his message was radiant with hope — that one’s greatest enemy is not circumstance, but fear of to-morrow. This fear, he learned, was a thief — stealing joy from the present, draining life of its color, and blinding the soul to the blessings already at hand. When he decided instead to live “to-day in courage,” he transformed that fear into power.

In the ancient world, such wisdom would have been hailed as divine truth. For the sages of old knew that to fear the morrow is to reject the sacred gift of the present. The Stoics taught that man must not be enslaved by what he cannot control, and that courage is the art of living within the moment. Epictetus, a slave turned philosopher, declared that we are disturbed not by things, but by our thoughts about them. And Vash Young, centuries later, echoed that same eternal teaching: that life’s torment comes not from what is, but from what might be. Fear of the unseen future is the heaviest chain that binds the human heart.

Consider the story of Nelson Mandela, who spent twenty-seven years imprisoned, his tomorrow uncertain, his fate shrouded in injustice. Yet he refused to surrender his spirit to fear. In the narrow confines of his cell, he lived each day with faith — faith that justice would prevail, and with courage — courage to endure and to forgive. He could have lived in despair, consumed by what lay ahead, but instead he lived in the moment, preparing his soul for freedom. When he finally walked into the sunlight of a new South Africa, he did so as a man who had already conquered the future by mastering the present. His life, like Young’s teaching, is proof that courage to live to-day is the seed from which all tomorrows bloom.

To live “to-day in courage” is to reclaim one’s soul from the tyranny of fear. It is to stand firm before the unknown and say, “You will not master me.” Faith is the companion of such courage — for faith is the light that pierces the fog of uncertainty. It is not blind belief, but quiet trust — the assurance that though we do not know the road ahead, the ground beneath us will hold if we take the next step. Fear looks forward and trembles; faith looks upward and walks. The one shrinks life into waiting; the other expands it into living.

Yet the decision to live in courage is not a single act, but a daily discipline. Each morning the mind awakens between two choices: to worry about what may come, or to act with strength and purpose in what is. The wise know that tomorrow is a phantom — it never truly arrives. There is only ever to-day, and it is here that destiny is written. Every act of kindness, every breath of gratitude, every moment of resolve becomes a stone in the foundation of a fearless life. In choosing courage now, one builds the peace of all future days.

Let this be the lesson, then: do not live as a prisoner of “what if.” The future is not to be feared, but to be forged — and it is forged in the fires of faith and courage. When anxiety rises like a storm, anchor yourself in action. When doubt whispers of failure, answer with trust. When the mind seeks safety in hesitation, remind it that safety lies not in waiting, but in living fully. As Vash Young discovered, fear dissolves when confronted by movement, and happiness is born the moment you step forward in faith.

So remember his words, and carry them as a torch through the corridors of time: do not fear to-morrow — live to-day in courage. For each day lived bravely is a victory over the unseen, and each act of faith is a step toward freedom. The heart that trusts and dares will never be conquered by fear, for it has already conquered itself.