There are many amazing facts about the sea turtle. Their bodies, their habitats, mating rituals and migration. My favorite fact is the sea turtles physical inability to look back. I think we can learn a lot from this practice.
It’s important to glance back from time to time to see how far you’ve come. It can sharpen your focus to where you want to be, what you’d like to change. Reminiscing can certainly put a point on the here and now.
It’s a nice place to visit, but you don’t want to live there.
You’ve been there. You’ve done it. It’s time to move on to what’s next.
Like Winne the Pooh said, “The past is history, the future a mystery and the present is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” He’s a Taoist. He goes with the flow. He lives in the here and now.
The past doesn’t have to define you. It’s what helped shape you. It’s how you decided to handle it that has brought you to today. There’s really no reason to continue to look back and wonder what if… you made your choice and today is the outcome.
Isn’t it better to just look ahead? See all that is before you and search the world of possibilities and place your energy into what you want now. It doesn’t matter what you could’ve done, for whatever reason you chose not to do it then…doesn’t mean that you can’t do it now.
Be more like the sea turtle. Look ahead. Move towards what you want. And if you want to look back, realize that you have to move in a circle to do so and that it will only take you longer to get to where you want to go today.
Gym Girl Dana 