Day 53 - June 26, 2011
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
~Maria Robinson
I wonder how many of us ever wished we had a time machine. Just fire up the old time machine and go. Whenever, where ever, to do what ever needed to be done to “fix things.” For me, I have thought about it. But I wouldn't travel back in time to change anything, because the lessons I have learned in my life were worth learning. If I had changed any of those situations, then I may not know the things I know today, or have had the experiences that were worth having.
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
~Maria Robinson
I wonder how many of us ever wished we had a time machine. Just fire up the old time machine and go. Whenever, where ever, to do what ever needed to be done to “fix things.” For me, I have thought about it. But I wouldn't travel back in time to change anything, because the lessons I have learned in my life were worth learning. If I had changed any of those situations, then I may not know the things I know today, or have had the experiences that were worth having.
We can't predict the future, nor can we change the past despite the premise of the movie Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox. He went back to a time to when his parents were teenagers and in high school. He never guessed that interfering with the past would dramatically alter the future. Well things worked out for Marty McFly, and why wouldn't they? It was a movie and things always work out in the movies. The point is, we all have “woulda, shoulda and coulda's” in our lives, but even if we did those things, made the changes, we would find ourselves to be someone else, with other “woulda, shoulda and coulda's”. We are where we are supposed to be and at the time we are to be there. There is some comfort in that. Abraham Lincoln said in his 1860 letter to George Latham; “ I know not how to aid you, save the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you cannot fail if you resolutely determine that you will not.” So experiences, even the bad ones have there place in life. Not that you have to like them, but we can draw a lesson from each.
Like Marty McFly said, “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.” and the history of your future will change. So, instead of longing for the past, let's learn from it and stop wondering about the “what if's.” Look towards the future by making a positive change today.
What positive change will you start today?
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