{"id":4491,"date":"2025-11-06T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:26:20","slug":"magic-words-up-until-now-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2025\/11\/magic-words-up-until-now-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Words: Up Until Now … Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revisiting an old post in a new era. The idea is pretty good now more than ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Way back in 2009, I wrote a little post about the magic words<\/a>, “Up until now.” These words imply that, while I have always lacked something or other, I can change my future and not be tied to the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past week, I read something in the Washington Post about cuts in government <\/a>spending and employment and gosh golly the world was coming to an end. The article ended with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The two employees said they cannot imagine how their agency is going to fare with the current wave of cases.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To which I hopefully add, “up until now.” In the past, they could not imagine how their agency is going to fare. Now, however, they can. They can imagine how. They can change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not naive. I know that article is about politics and political parties and philosophies and all those things. Still, we can change. We can sit and sigh and sulk for a moment because someone has done something that turns our world the wrong way. Then the moment is over. This is a new moment with new possibilities. We are not tied to the past. We can do things differently. Yes, we can. Let’s do better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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