Past Times

There is no future in the past. Mike Murdock said, "Stop looking at where you have been and start looking at where you can be," The past is always going to  be the way it was. Stop trying to change it. Rosy thoughts about the future can't exist when your mind is full of the blues about the past.


The more you look back, the less you will get ahead. Thomas Jefferson was right when he said, "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past," I agree with Laura Palmer's advice: "Don't waste today regretting yesterday instead of making a memory for tomorrow ." David McNally said, "Your past cannot be changed, but you can change your tomorrow by your actions today." Never let yesterday use up too much of today. The book of proverbs says, "The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won't face the facts." It's true what Satchel Paige said: "Don't look back. Somethings may be gaining on you."

"Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way" (Edna Ferber). The first rule for happiness is: avoid lengthy thinking on the past. Nothing is as far away as one hour ago.