Something to Consider

[Anonymous]

I was watching a TV show with one of my daughters, and the following was a line that I want to share here. It has a lot of application to part of a faith transition, and it highlights one aspect of our mission that is important to me:

Quote:

When you live in the past, you lose the present.

It’s not easy – not at all – to let go of many aspects of the past (and the bitterness that accompanies some of those aspects), since they contributed to the present in real and tangible ways – and it’s not healthy to let go of the past in lots of ways, but it’s really important not to live in or obsess about the past. All we have is the present, and the only objective is to make the best on-going present possible. Living in the past is perhaps the best way to not allow that to happen.

Again, this is applicable to lots of aspects of a faith transition, but I’m not going to try to list them here. How it applies will vary from person to person, so, as the title says, this simply is something to consider.

[Anonymous]

Nice. I like it.

I spend so much time living in the very distant past (1820s and 1830s). I know that’s not really what was meant. But it’s something I need to move on and stop worrying about. I’ve made my peace with what I believe and why I continue to attend, so I should just live now and embrace the people who are around me now.

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