The older I get, the more I realize that you must live for today. As a people pleaser, I’ve spent much of my life regretting, re-living, revising how things went. It’s a terrible way to spend your day because you are literally “spending” that time and you’ll never get it back.
Many of us have experienced horrible things or wonderful things and we either want to redo them to get it right or do them again because they were so lovely. But you cannot go back. I’m in it now with growing older. I think back to my younger days, especially how I looked, and long for them. But here’s the deal: I will never be 25 again. However, I can be my best self today. And honestly, I’m so happy now that there really is no reason to “go back.”
Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead tomorrow (Sunday, March 13) and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Photo courtesy of Andrew Malone.