"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."

"Renew thyself completely each day." 

Henry David Thoreau 

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." 

CS Lewis

Dear 2011,


I'd like to say it was nice knowing you, but that would be a lie. You were horrible to me. 
But hey, I'm not angry. Maybe you were so awful to me out of love. Maybe you knew that by giving me the worst year of my life, I would learn more than I've ever learned from it, and grow in ways I've never grown before. So, I guess I'll say thank you. And that's all I have to say.


Sincerely,
Morgan






Surprisingly enough, life keeps going. There are no batteries to run down. There's no off switch, or a pause button, or rewind, fast-forward, etc. 


But, even though we all know this, we still try to use those features that are nonexistent. In our little minds, we over use the rewind button, and wish so much that it was real.


But it's not. Unfortunately.
So we all have to learn to let go and move on. 
Take the knowledge from the past, and learn from it. But don't look back. What's the point?
Dwelling on the past prevents you from moving on to the future and reaping it for all it's worth.
Dwelling on the pain prevents you from healing.
Dwelling on the mistakes you made prevents you from learning from them.
Dwelling on the people you lost prevents you from welcoming new relationships that may change your life in a new way.
Dwelling on the anger prevents you from loving, and learning to trust again.


Just don't look back. 
What's done is done and there are no re-dos. Keep moving forward. Because life moves on whether you're with it or not. Even though we think the world revolves around ourselves, it still doesn't stop revolving no matter how hard we try to make it. And fighting the natural flow of life only makes the current stronger. 


Of course, this is obvious. And of course, it's so much easier said than done.


And this has been a hard lesson for me to learn, and I'll probably never completely learn it. 


But here's to the future, the new year, and the many surprises to come.
And here's to 2011, I'm a different person because of you, but you're gone and I'm moving on. 


Moving on doesn't mean forgetting, it simply means letting go.
It means forgiving. It means being stronger than the regret. It means willfully believing that better things are to come. 


That's the truth. 


And thank God time keeps moving. Thank God we have a chance to redeem ourselves, and thank God we have the ability to move on. 




Don't forget; move on.