Have you ever heard people say, “Back in the good old days”? Why do you think that is? For a reason unknown, people dwell on the past as if their best days are behind them. Can you honestly say that you wouldn’t go back if you had the chance?

How much time do we spend wishing things were the way they used to be? I used to think if I had the chance, that I’d go back and fix things; to reshape my life. Not anymore. Why not live for the chance to define yourself in the present and throw the old you away. Take pride in the change. Things aren’t how they were, and we can’t do anything about it.

Rob Bell says it better than I could hope to. He says, “When we’re still holding on to how things were, our arms aren’t free to embrace today.”

Here’s my challenge: Live for Today, not for the remembrance of yesterday.