Finishing my visit with Mitchell, the Mario brothers ring tone plays to signify I have a new text message. Picking up my phone, I look... "hmm" I think again. I respond as I dust the chips off my shirt I subside and decide to take a drive... based on the new message and my response it leads one way. Straight to you.
As you and I sit in an attempt to keep it light hearted, some how, some way, feelings about the past slid into the conversation. I sit, I listen, I disagree, I listen and I think. Looking outside the window I slowly watch Sunday turn to Sunnight. I start to ask myself a series of questions:
- What is this all about?
- Am I really in NYC and you're in LA, yet we are in the same room?
- Does my future still equate my past?
Some how I feel empty when I leave, with the above questions still unanswered. We will never be able to move from this cause its not being allowed.
Often times, individuals need something to hold on to for justification in their lives. How can man be justified if all are under sin? The book of Romans teaches us that justification comes from God not man. If you are continue using man to rationalize the actions of your past, it becomes difficult for you to see a future. At some point we must take accountability for our own actions.
I leave you with this, I am already living for tomorrow, stop living in yesterday.
3 comments:
In New York while they are in LA!!!! What a time difference! "If anybody feel you cuz I feel you!!!" As we move forward to 2009 there are still people we know who haven't even left 2005. People still think that the decisions they made yesterday are what affect tomorrow when in reality its the decisions you make from the time that you are currently in that make all the difference. It's all about where we all stand right now.
Love your commentary. I believe the success of one's future is dictated by the mistakes of their past. Much of life's pain is self-chosen. For those who cannot get beyond the past, I strongly believe they wonder aimlessly always wishing and hoping. Beware of these people; they seek to drag you back to the past for selfish gain. Each day we are reborn. It's ok to look to the past for pointers on what not to do in the future but it is humanly impossible to embrace the future with one's head turned backwards!
Those who don't know and understand their history will repeat it. Therefore the past is always lurking around the corner-just over your shoulder....as a reference...a guide...a pointer as Sunflower said...to remind us of where we have been - to recognize those WARNING and STOP signs when they so boldly make themselves known in bright red and blinking lights but we so often ignore. So to answer your question - The future does equate the past. 2 + 2 ='d 4 then....and 2 + 2 still equals 4 now. You know what it is!!!!!
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