NOT BACKWARD BUT FORWARD

Each of us is at the point between our past and our future. Too often we spend our precious time rehearsing the past— if only we had done it differently. Yet each of us can allow ourselves to let go of the past and enter the doorway of the future. We can look backward or look forward— we can't stand still. The present exists as a point in time for us to choose which way we will go. When we choose to go forward into the future with a conscious plan of action, already the past begins to recede into a dim memory. The future holds the promise of greater fulfillment—the past only the finality of what has already happened. Helen Keller said that happiness is an open door. But we do have to shift our gaze from the door that has already closed. What dreams each of us could bring into realization if we but gathered all of our energy and boldly marched into our future!