I'm not too sure who wrote the following quote:
"Never let your past experiences harm your
future. Your past can't be altered, and your future doesn't deserve the
punishment."
I
think there is some truth to this. Dwelling on painful past events is
not constructive or productive; if anything it is detrimental to one progressing
in life. My mother always used to say "no use crying over spilt milk"
and as a child, hearing this over and over would irritate me no end. However,
on hindsight, I guess she was right. One can't change the past, you can only do
your best, move forward, gain experience along the way, and hopefully live a
life with no regrets.
Many years ago a fortune teller knocked on our door
selling small bunches of heather. Not believing in such things, I nevertheless let the lady
take my hand and watched her face as her smile faded and she looked into my
face with great concern. "You will not end your days in this house"
she told me, which of course came true as we've moved several times since. She
then mentioned something about ill health and my head in a vague uneasy manner,
to which I paid little attention at the time. Upon reflection, I wonder if
she really saw that I would be struck down with Parkinson's. Knowing one's
future is definitely not a good idea, and it was probably just as well that I
took little notice of her predictions. I have a feeling this unpretentious lady
with her basket of heather was no "fortune cookie" but possibly authentic.
Although I bought the bunch of heather, I wonder why she never knocked on our
door again?
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