Probability is that tomorrow will come

"Horace thus seems to have a more satisfactory understanding of why we should seize the day and what it means to do so than our pub philosopher and hedonist. We need to make the most of today because life is short and this day is one of the few we have, not because today is the only day we have or because we should ignore tomorrow. We need to confine our hopes to what we can achieve in our lifetime, always mindful of the fact that the span of life is not guaranteed. The traditional saying ‘Live each day as though it were your last’ should thus be adapted to ‘Live each day as if it could be your last, but could equally be just one more in your short life.’ And we also need to remember that the probability is that tomorrow will come. The urgency to make the most of today is thus not premised on the unlikelihood of tomorrow coming, but the possibility that it might not and the certainty that at least one tomorrow won’t."