Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

We hate to admit it, but we are here and now because of our past actions.

“How did we get here?” bemoans a person currently caught in some quicksand of life.

The answer is, “Out steps brought us here.”

Another answer is, “The system is the way it is because we made it that way.”

The situation, the system, the quicksand just didn’t appear from no where. We walked into the quicksand-laden swamp. We built the system. We created our fate.

Dwell in the past? Probably not a good idea. Forget the past? Also probably not a good idea. Admit the past? I find it to be better than the previous choices. Learn from the past? I find that to be even better yet.

Some things are outside our control. Sometimes we can prepare for those things and not be standing in the way of the hurricane. Most of the time, however, our actions brought us into our current situation.

Choose to learn. It isn’t easy, but…