Growth

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.” 
― Anaïs Nin

The Frozen Past

"The Future is, of all things, the least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time -- for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays."

-C. S. Lewis

Cultivate the Future

We shouldn't yearn for what might have been, nor should we lose ourselves in mistakes of the past. Hindsight seems to offer the clearest vision, and we are easily drawn into its myopic lens. Time spent ruminating on unhatched eggs negatively affects our present, and our future. When we realize the formative purpose of all stages in life, we are able to concentrate less on our past, and more on the cultivation of our future. 

Rapidan, VA 2015