"forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead," Phil.3:13
I had a nice chat with an old friend today. After I turned off my phone I realized that my friend seemed to live in the past. He has a great memory. He loves his memories. And he talks about things that happened years ago as though it was current events.
I do not now nor have I ever been one to dwell on the past. Memories only seem to remind me of a life that I used to live that is gone forever. I can remember things. I can share things from the past. But overall, I do not live in the past. My eyes are looking for what next, not what used to be. Since my wife died memories have become unwelcome in my mind.
We all deal with the past in our own way. I choose not to live looking backwards. You cannot go forward while looking backwards.
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