Connecting with Issue 28 of Kerkula Foeday: Reflections & Impact
By Dr. J. Kerkula Foeday
Kerkula Foeday: Reflections & Impact, Issue 28, Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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Be careful how you treat those beneath you today. Tomorrow may place you beneath the very people you once looked down upon.
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There is a tomorrow beyond today.
Beyond the office, title, wealth, and fame;
Beyond the chair💺from which you command,
And the power you mistake for permanence.
Beware the arrogance of today:
The careless word you spoke,
The public humiliation you gave to others,
The door you deliberately closed
To deny others from entering,
The dignity you routinely deprived others of,
Because, for you, another person
Was too insignificant to consider.
In government,
In business,
In communities,
And even within the walls of families,
Some use power as permission to hurt others,
Status as a license to belittle others,
And privilege as an excuse not to care about other people.
But life is a wheel.
The powerful may become powerless;
The employer, an applicant;
The leader, a follower;
The wealthy, the needy;
The one who commands today
May tomorrow be begging to be heard.
And then when the table turns,
Will you want the compassion
you once withheld from others?
The dignity you once denied others to have?
The helping hand you pushed away when you were in power?
Remember the oldest wisdom of humanity:
Treat others as you would want
To be treated when the table turns.
Do not disrespect and humiliate others
Because you’re in power today.
Do not oppress others
Because you have power.
Do not mistake another’s weakness
For your permanent strength.
For every position has an expiry date,
Every throne has an empty seat,
And every tomorrow carries
The consequences of today.
When your title is forgotten,
Your wealth has changed hands,
And when your chair💺belongs to another person,
What then will remain?
Not your position.
Not your possessions.
Not the fear you inspired.
But only the lives you touched
And the humanity you showed
When you were in power.
William Shakespeare warned us in Julius Caesar:
“The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.”
So, before you hurt another person,
Before pride makes you cruel,
Before power makes you forget
That you, too, are mortal,
Remember that there is a tomorrow.
And tomorrow has a way of turning the table around.
Therefore,
Treat people well today,
For tomorrow may need
to remember your name very well.
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NOTE:
You can also read 📚 this poem at my blog @
https://jkerkulafoeday.wordpress.com/2026/09/01/beware-theres-a-tomorrow/