Motivational Minute (13_001)

Quote of the day:

“… On the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.” -- Henry Ward Beecher

Consider:

In the closing scene of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero says of Alonzo: "Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone!" Vivien Larrimore gives similar advice in her poem, Keys.

            I've shut the door on yesterday

            Its sorrow and mistakes:

            And now I throw the key away to seek another room

            And furnish it with hope and smiles

            And every springtime bloom.

            I've shut the door on yesterday

            And thrown the key away.

            Tomorrow holds no fears for me,

            Since I have found today.

Since there is nothing we can do about the past and in fact it just drains our energy thinking about it. Why not make a decision to leave it behind this year by saying to yourself, "The past is gone. There is nothing I can do to change it. So why waste my strength wrestling with the past when I need all my power to grapple with the vital issues of today!"

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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