Regression...

"What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now." - Author Unknown

I was walking to church the other day and saw that someone had written years ago into the wet cement "regress". That odd word actually hit me with some meaning. This last month was a sort of regression in my weight loss journey. I had relapsed into some unhealthy stress coping and with not maintaining vigilance with measuring portions or staying within calories, I gained 4lbs. That was a wake-up to me. I also cleaned out my closet this past week and weeded out a lot of the clothes that I can no longer wear. Each shirt or pair of pants that I pulled out was a reminder of where I was and that it also was a vow that I would never fall back into those same habits again.

We all relapse sometimes, hey, but the difference has to be not to wallow in those relapses. Reflect on the past but don't long for it. I was watch Kathy Griffin last night and although she has some funny stories - she's a Democrat at heart. She was whining in one of her bits about the good old days of Clinton in the White House and the Monica situation. Although I have to admit that my faith in the President is wavering, I cannot say that the Clinton administration was better or worse than this one. That's all I have to say about that.

I remember in the movie, "Say Anything" the commencement speech that the character Diane had given to her classmates at graduation. One line caught my mind as I thought about the word regress - "I can say that I have glimpsed the future and all I have to say to you is... Go back..." Or something to that effect. Sure I admit for some things it would be cool to go back, but as the quote I found at the beginning of this entry states, all things have worked together to bring you to this moment...


"The one charm of the past is that it is the past." - Oscar Wilde



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