As I was walking toward my favorite casual restaurant, I couldn’t help but overhear one end of a cell phone conversation. A woman was speaking to a friend, and she was obviously frustrated because she was speaking loudly and directly. She said to her friend, “You’ll never be able to write the next chapter of your life if you keep reading the previous chapter over and over again.” I thought, “Wow! What powerful advice.” What this woman was saying is that dwelling on the past won’t change it, but it does prevent us from moving forward and making our future better.

One Sentence Wisdom

• “I’ve got my faults but living in the past is not one of them. There’s no future in it.” — Sparky Anderson
• “Letting go of your painful past is how you open yourself to a wonderful future.” — Bryant H. McGill

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