Then Tamara found a diary that eventually changed her life. The diary, with Tamara's handwriting, had words magically being written on it. But it wasn't about what had happened today. It was what's going to happen tomorrow.
We could easily guess how the diary could change her life: the ability to know what will happen in the next 24 hours grants us changing power. By altering life, on purpose, to perfection avoids any mishap and mistakes that we know are bound to happen.
Imagine if we could foresee tomorrow. We would take another route come tomorrow if we knew an accident would happen. We would be extra attentive if we knew we would be careless the next morning. And if we knew that we would commit a mistake, we would think of ways to cover it up. Wouldn't life be a whole lot easier? Far from it.
When Tamara tried to do something contrary to what was written, the words of the diary curled backwards and looked as though they were burned. But it wasn't, according to what had changed, being re-written again. How sure are we that accidents wouldn't happen wherever we chose to detour? Or that we could be attentive to all things? Or that covering one mistake wouldn't lead to many more?
"Would you prefer to be given a life already lived too, Tamara? That way you can sit back and observe it. Or would you rather live it for yourself?
- The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern, HarperCollins Publishing Ltd, Page 120
The beauty of life lies in its uncertainty. That life could take a drastic turn, either for good or bad, makes it imperative for us to treasure the present. That not knowing what will tomorrow bring makes us focused to live for today, to have no regrets and to worry not. That realising all could be lost the next moment makes us, like what's written at the back cover of the book, start tomorrow today.
Rating: 3 / 5