We all know people
who dwell on
the wrongs done to their ancestors
or
their rotten childhoods
or
something that happened
years ago.
They look backward
and they don’t see
the opportunities before them.
“We have a choice
about where to aim
the lens of our attention.
We can relive past injustices,
settle old grudges
and
nurse festering sores.
We can imagine failure,
build up its potential for destruction,
calculate its odds.
Or,
we can imagine
the generous outcomes
we’re working on,
feel gratitude for those
that got us here
and
revel in the possibilities
of what’s next.”
Look forward,
not backward,
where you’re going,
not where you’ve been.