I think that I spend way too much time looking in the rear view mirror. I look back because times were hard. I look back because times were happy. I look back because times are sad. I look back, and back again. I am not sure what is so tempting about looking back.
Yes, I was younger then. Yes, my children were small, and cute, and cuddly. Yes, there were good times then. Yes I had to learn and grow and live and love and learn some more.
Sometimes I dwell on the past. Mostly on the could have, would have and should have part of it. I ponder on what I can do to change it. (That answer is always nothing). I want to do whatever it takes to right those wrongs, or change the path.
The past is not what is important though. No matter how many good times were there, or even how many bad ones, the most important place I can be is in the here and now. It is here that I will develop the relationships for the future. It is here that I can make a difference in the life of another. It is here that I can start to change and become who I want to be.
The window into eternity is big and bright with promise. This life is but an instant. It is just a couple minutes in the eternities. I spend all this time worrying and fretting over a couple of moments in my life!
So today, I am looking through the windshield and moving on. The future is right there in front of me, His light leads me onward and His promises have always been sure. And so today, I take my eyes of the mirror and look ahead, through the glass and toward the future.
Yes, I was younger then. Yes, my children were small, and cute, and cuddly. Yes, there were good times then. Yes I had to learn and grow and live and love and learn some more.
Sometimes I dwell on the past. Mostly on the could have, would have and should have part of it. I ponder on what I can do to change it. (That answer is always nothing). I want to do whatever it takes to right those wrongs, or change the path.
The past is not what is important though. No matter how many good times were there, or even how many bad ones, the most important place I can be is in the here and now. It is here that I will develop the relationships for the future. It is here that I can make a difference in the life of another. It is here that I can start to change and become who I want to be.
The window into eternity is big and bright with promise. This life is but an instant. It is just a couple minutes in the eternities. I spend all this time worrying and fretting over a couple of moments in my life!
So today, I am looking through the windshield and moving on. The future is right there in front of me, His light leads me onward and His promises have always been sure. And so today, I take my eyes of the mirror and look ahead, through the glass and toward the future.
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