Motivational Mondays: Don't Get Hung Up On the Past, Because...

I missed a bus recently and realized: I could safely walk home faster, now that my anemia is mostly resolved! On the way I passed a home with the above sign, and that started me to thinking about San Francisco's storied history and everything that happened in so many years in so many places here ... and how none of all that mattered to me enjoying the day and getting the most of my life.

The past, with all its great days, is indeed gone, and that sign reminded me that it has no power over us in the present.

On the other hand, focusing too much on the past causes us to miss the beauty and power of the present -- there was a sign at the very next entry way to that same house that reminded me that anything can happen, even in the next three seconds!

Please believe that I get the most from my zoom function on my camera at times like this, and I know when it is time to get moving ... you have to know when to be running for your life!

But also know I went away laughing at a reminder about the truth about life: everything is happening in front of us as we walk into it. The past tells us where we have been, but what happened in 1897 or even yesterday is not running things. Step forward bravely into the future as it becomes the gift of the present to you -- and when you need to, RUN!