Yesterday's Light!
How many of us go through life thinking about yesterday? Having regrets about things we did, shouldn't have done, or could have done differently? We keep kicking ourselves in the butt, remembering. And to what avail? Yesterday will always be just a memory. Why let it affect you today?
Imagine life as a beautiful string of lights; each day that passes another bulb burns out. You can't go back and replace it; all you can do is move forward and look ahead to the next bright bulb lighting your path. Looking backward would only mean seeing darkness.
And so it is with life . . . we can't go back. Rehashing things is a waste of time. We still have a path ahead of us all lit up for our journey.
Start that journey today. Eyes forward.
Yesterday's light is gone, but a new one awaits you today.
Slipstream
Beautiful, and so true. When we look back, we always want to try to fix it, somehow make it better than it was, but that's not an option. Today is where we can make change, do things better than we did in the past, and experience the goodness and joy of our changes in our present and future.
Well Street
Agreed. Recognizing and appreciating the efforts put forth to make positive changes is good stuff, too.
Sanatana
Yes! Absolutely!
Evangel
Such a nice analogy. The only purpose in rehashing the past is to understand what role we played in causing things to go south so that we don't repeat history--which is a very human thing to do. It doesn't mean we can undo, fix, or change the past, but it does mean we can move forward with more wisdom and light, and avoid making another mistake we'll regret.