“It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.”

       “It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.”

                                                  By: James Freeman Clark

This quote means that what we do today whether it’s right or wrong, it will affect us forever whether it’s days, weeks, months, and even years. If we do something today that’s right, we’ll have a positive effect out of it later on. If you do something wrong today, it will have a negative effect on you. People think that what we do today will either affect you just that day or just a few days later. Others think it will affect you that day only and that’s it. It won’t affect you at all anymore. But that’s not true. Everything we do will affect us forever whether it’s physically or mentally. I think that’s the reason why people say think about what you’re going to do or say before you actually do it. People think it won’t affect them until they have already done it. Once you do something, it will always affect you. For example, if you were a bully throughout all your high school years, at that time you think it’s cool and funny. You’re not thinking about what you’re doing or saying. You think it won’t affect you because you’re the one who’s bullying people. But, when you get in trouble, you can get suspended, expelled, or get detention for a long period of time. That’s one way it can affect you physically. The way it can affect you mentally is if you end up regretting it as the years went by. Years past by and you start thinking about all the bad and mean things you said and did, you feel guilty and so bad. And they might not be able to do anything about it like apologize. It’s good to think about everything you’re going to do and say and think about how it will affect you mentally and physically.