Happiness In Your Life, Stop Letting Your Past Dictate Your Future.
Imagine that you are standing on a railroad track in the middle of the country, there is nothing but meadows all around you, and in the distance in front of you lies what seems like an eternity of railroad tracks. And you turn and look behind you and you see stretched out over the miles another seemingly endless stretch of tracks. You now begin to walk forward step after step after step forward along this track that represents your life, there are 2 ways you can walk along this track, and which of these three ways you choose determines everything in your life, and it is the key to staying happy. So the two ways you can walk along railroad tracks are as follows;
Walk backwards looking at the tracks you have already crossed- This is obviously the most difficult way to walk along the tracks, you will find yourself stumbling along with every step and inevitably you will trip and fall as the space between the ties is never the same.
Walk forward looking at the tracks ahead of you- This seems like the smart way to do it, you can see what's coming and you can enjoy all the beautiful scenery that surrounds you, there's a good chance you could trip, but you are in a much better position to catch yourself and not fall.
How do these correspond with life? It's a pretty simple concept, you cannot look in two directions at the same time, and in life we are either looking ahead or looking back, the danger of looking back is that you will inevitably trip and fall, and the fall will be hard and will hurt a great deal, but if we look forward in life we can see what's coming, and even if we do fall we can catch ourselves and learn and grow and enjoy the journey.
That's the kicker, enjoy the journey, the only moment you truly have is this moment right now, and now is the moment to be happy, I challenge you to let the past stay there, in the past. Nothing can change what has already happened, but you can definitely change how you will feel today.
