You can't drive forward looking in the mirror!

You can't drive forward looking in the mirror!
Bill Covert

[There] is nothing more damaging to your future potential than spending your present dwelling on the past. Whatever has happened is over. Glory or defeat, once the clock struck midnight, the day was done. You are reborn each morning, and who you are each day is defined by what you do that day and that day only. You are not your past. You are only your present and your present actions will determine your future.

Now, let the past instruct you so you can be wiser marching forward, but don’t let it continue to suck you backwards... [Let] your past be “a school master, not a club.” Let it instruct you, not continue to beat you down. Look back for lessons, not excuses.

Oh, and by the way, that [diploma or] degree you [will earn or have earned will be] deemed irrelevant within 18 months after graduation. What you have learned lately is what’s important. The dusty trophy on your shelf won’t pay your mortgage, time to get into today’s playing field of life and play with intensity. There is a great line I heard that says, “You can never obtain success, you can only rent it and the rent is due every day.”

It’s great to achieve, celebrate your victories and be proud of your accomplishments, just keep your eyes on the road ahead and not fixated on your rearview mirror or you too, might find your life accidentally smashed into an object you didn’t see just in front of you.