Watching people do life around and with me, and hearing their questions about why I don’t respond to certain things, positive or negative, the way I used to. My first thought was this moment is not that moment that was, so yes, I’m going to respond differently. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the past is not an adequate yardstick against which to measure the present moment or hope for the future.
One of those, “I may not be what I ought to be, but thank God I’m not what I used to be,” kind of things. The world around us changes, life changes us, we change. Every moment we experience has a hand in shaping our way forward, our perspective, our growth. I carry with me all that I’ve learned, so no, this reaction is not the same. My circumstances are not the same, my body is not the same, my state of mind is not the same.
What good would it do us, me, to go through lessons and learn nothing? Or what if I learn from life, but never put any of that experience to work for my better going forward?
TRYING OUTSIDE THE LINES 
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