Windshield

People talk about the past as if they wish they could have changed it.  They talk like the past didn't mean shit to them, as if the past had nothing to do with where they are at today.  I think its a little messed up how we regret things rather than choose to learn from them.  Don't you think that as a teenager we spend more time regretting than we do learning?  The past is nothing but a blessing to make a better today.  Its nothing but an experience that helped you get to where you are today and become a better you than you were yesterday.  I would live it the same way 100 times if I could.  The missing sweatshirts, the failed tests, the embarrassing accidents, the times I got in trouble, the scraped knees, the broken hearts, the failed friendships, the dirt in your eye, the times you felt so kicked and thrown around you didn't know how you could manage to pick yourself on and drag yourself forward.  Regret that? Never.  Theres a reason why the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror.  You can focus solely on the rearview mirror and get yourself into an accident or you can use the rearview mirror as a sign to help you get moving and keep looking out the windshield.  Same as how we can choose to dwell on the past, or we can choose to accept it to make a better future.  Look back at those memories with the people who helped you along the way.  The people who made you smile when you didn't think you could.  Think of those memories that make you think, "Damn what was I thinking?" and learn from it.  Make a better you.  Surround yourself with people that make you forget to check your phone.  Surround yourself with people that help distract you from the world even if it's for a little bit.  Those are the people who end up meaning the most to you in your life.  Appreciate the little things.  Look around for once.  It's amazing what you'll find when you look up from your phone and engage yourself.  Smell the roses.  Prove your alive.