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YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK

 

 

                                                                                                5/10/17

The older we get

The more memories we have

Some good

Some we would prefer to forget

Our minds like to replay our memories

We can physically take a trip down memory lane

Only to realize that what we remember

May not be exactly right

May have changed

May not be what we thought it was.

 

We may have dreamed of returning

Only to discover that once we return it was only a dream

We were holding on to something we did not have

We are no longer the person who created the dream

We have stepped away from the past

As we walked into the future

And rest in the present moment.

 

How pleasant to take a trip down memory lane

How precious to have sweet dreams

How wonderful to simply watch our future unfold before us

Without getting stuck in the past.

 

 

Ann Lindner

Kenny’s loving mother

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