#154: Time to look back
Good grief! It’s the end of 2007. What happened to it? If you look back you will see that it has turned into history.
But be careful looking back. Looking back is hindsight. Hindsight might be interesting, but it has to do with the past, with what is gone. Hindsight is only useful if it helps you to create a better future.
Where do you plan to spend the rest of your life? In the future, not in the past. Don’t spend your time re-living your history. You cannot create the what-should-have-been that you now see so clearly in looking back.
Rather, use your history to see how life happens to you. If you understand how your life is likely to unfold, then it can help you create a better what-can-be. But you must act on this understanding, because it is through living that you gain experience.
And experience is hindsight with enough bite to influence the future.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
But be careful looking back. Looking back is hindsight. Hindsight might be interesting, but it has to do with the past, with what is gone. Hindsight is only useful if it helps you to create a better future.
Where do you plan to spend the rest of your life? In the future, not in the past. Don’t spend your time re-living your history. You cannot create the what-should-have-been that you now see so clearly in looking back.
Rather, use your history to see how life happens to you. If you understand how your life is likely to unfold, then it can help you create a better what-can-be. But you must act on this understanding, because it is through living that you gain experience.
And experience is hindsight with enough bite to influence the future.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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