"I see you trying so hard to run the race to the finish line....

...but all this stuff keeps getting in the way"

Do you ever feel like you know where you are, you know where you want to get, and you're trying so hard to get there, but no matter what you do, you feel like you're getting nowhere?

This line is from the song "Let's Go Back" by Everyday Sunday.  I'm not QUITE sure what the song is about, but to me it does a lot of looking back to the good times and moving past current problems.  If you haven't heard this said, you definitely should:  "You can not get where you are going unless you know where you've been."  I have NO clue who first said this, but it's true.  Sometimes we get so stuck on where we're going or where we're supposed to be that we forget about what we're doing NOW and what we've already been through.

I don't know about you guys, but I love rehashing old memories.  One of my favorite things to talk about with friends is old things we've done or crazy times from back in the day.  One of my favorite things to do at the dinner table is to hear my parents tell stories about when my siblings and I were younger.  One of my favorite things to talk about with my wonderful girlfriend is past events in our relationship: when we first met, our reactions, our thoughts, the following weeks, things that have led up to where we are now.  Remembering who you were and what you've been through and what all it is that defines who you are today is necessary to successfully moving forward to a positive future.

So I write all this to say, when you're stressed or worried about where you're headed or what your future should entail, just sit back, relax, enjoy the now, and have some fun talking about the way-back-whens.  Who knows...maybe that story that everyone said "One day you'll look back at this and laugh" will actually make you laugh...God Bless!

Zachary S. Low