WHAT WAS

Looking back at one's life is not always easy.  Especially when you have regrets and wish you had done things differently.  Reflecting can be very therapeutic, if you put it in the right perspective.  Our past has helped define who we are today.  We cannot place total responsibilities for our failures in life, on our parents, siblings, or friends and acquaintances.  We are all given choices, and like the fork in the road, we make a choice which direction we want to go. There is no way that we can know that our choice is the right one, until we have traveled along the road and experienced all it's curves, hills and valleys.  What we learn along the way and what we do with that knowledge, determines our character, integrity, strength and moral values.  We can change direction at any point on our journey, if we feel that we took the wrong road.  If we are too weak, we will stay on the same path.  God is the determining factor, I believe.  Our faith and trust in Him will guide us and hold us up, through a lot of trials and tribulations.