Sep 24 2008
Get Your Head Out of Your PAST!
GETTING YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR PAST may sound vaguely familiar but only the words have changed.
We really deny outselves the pleasures of the moment, the ability to enjoy the “now” in our lives, when we constantly live in the past.
When we believe that yesterday was better than today, and today is not as bad as tomorrow, we give too much of our attention to what WAS, and drain our energy away from what IS. We give too much of our power away to the past. Can you imagine WORRYING about the PAST? That is so worthless. If we have regrets, so what? If we wronged someone and that person is still with us, call or write a letter and apologize. Then get on with it.
I think having a certain degree of anxiety about the future is normal for folks as we age. God knows, we WISH that our offspring would show at least a little bit of concern about the future as they charge headlong into the World, seemingly without a care.
If we live in our head all the time, we fail to appreciate our other forms of existence. We need to feel the emotional attachments to the present moment to fully enjoy them. If the fishing holes that we used to frequent have been obliterated by the changing course of the river, then find new fishing holes that we can enjoy today and let tomorrow take care of itself.
Enjoy the sunset we see tonight and look forward to the sunsets to come. Hanging on to memories of old sunsets just make us older.
