Comments on: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:24:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: virna http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1229 virna Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:00:03 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1229 "I refuse to let my past failings be an excuse for my present. I move forward." I like your philosophy, Lee, which is learn from the past and then move on! Edie, I like "torturing" my h/h too, only I haven't mastered the skill yet. I come across as too heavy handed, which maybe weighs down their "present" too much. Jill, ahh what a beautiful reminder--I can practically hear the gentleness and awe in your voice. I agree, move on and enjoy the moment when possible. Thanks for posting everyone! “I refuse to let my past failings be an excuse for my present. I move forward.” I like your philosophy, Lee, which is learn from the past and then move on!

Edie, I like “torturing” my h/h too, only I haven’t mastered the skill yet. I come across as too heavy handed, which maybe weighs down their “present” too much.

Jill, ahh what a beautiful reminder–I can practically hear the gentleness and awe in your voice. I agree, move on and enjoy the moment when possible.

Thanks for posting everyone!

]]> By: JIll James http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1228 JIll James Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:47:30 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1228 I don't think we can forget our past, but perhaps we can forgive the past so we can move on. Forgive ourselves for mistakes made, feelings hurt, and opportunities missed, so we can do better today and in the future. But there is nothing wrong about living in the moment, I tell my kids to do that all the time. We'll be at a beautiful desert landscape and they start rambling about tomorrow and our next stop. I shush them and whisper. "Live in the moment, it won't come again, and you will have missed it." I don’t think we can forget our past, but perhaps we can forgive the past so we can move on. Forgive ourselves for mistakes made, feelings hurt, and opportunities missed, so we can do better today and in the future. But there is nothing wrong about living in the moment, I tell my kids to do that all the time. We’ll be at a beautiful desert landscape and they start rambling about tomorrow and our next stop. I shush them and whisper. “Live in the moment, it won’t come again, and you will have missed it.”

]]> By: Edie http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1227 Edie Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:19:08 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1227 I love torturing my h/h, and one way to do it is to give them a horrendous past, one that makes it hard to say "Well, I'm in the present now and everything is hunky dory." Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Our past has left scars. We can overcome it, but if everything is wonderful for our characters it's going to be a boring book. I love torturing my h/h, and one way to do it is to give them a horrendous past, one that makes it hard to say “Well, I’m in the present now and everything is hunky dory.” Sorry, it doesn’t work that way. Our past has left scars. We can overcome it, but if everything is wonderful for our characters it’s going to be a boring book.

]]> By: Lee http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1225 Lee Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:34:01 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/past-present-and-future/#comment-1225 That really is a great question. I don't embrace my past. I've made huge mistakes in the past, which I've learned very valuable lessons. And because of those lessons, I tend not to forget what brought it about in the first place. But at the same time, I let the past be where it belongs, in the past. I refuse to let my past failings be an excuse for my present. I move forward. Forward is a great way to go, and let everything else drift away into a foggy distant memory. That really is a great question. I don’t embrace my past. I’ve made huge mistakes in the past, which I’ve learned very valuable lessons. And because of those lessons, I tend not to forget what brought it about in the first place. But at the same time, I let the past be where it belongs, in the past. I refuse to let my past failings be an excuse for my present. I move forward. Forward is a great way to go, and let everything else drift away into a foggy distant memory.

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