Be Careful With The Reflection In The Mirror

I wish I could defy age and time but as it is, age and time are always going to be undefeated.Therefore, I had to take a look into my past so that I can spring ahead and move forward.And I get it. I do.This is a contradiction of terms if not a contradiction of what I say to myself when I say, “the past is gone and you and I don’t live there anymore.”But dig it . . .Today is another day above the dirt and therefore, so long as I am above the dirt, I reserve the right to update my thinking. At the same time, we hold the heavy weights when it would be better to let them go.We hold truths and the unresolved tension and the unrealistic notions of “could have, would have, and should have,” and still, the past is the past and the future never happened yet. So?Why hold it so closely or so dearly when the pasts and the thighs we hold so tightly do nothing else but lead us astray.So . . .I had to take a step back to move forward, The air is colder now and we are growing closer to the colder,…