Still Miles to Go

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go . . .

Oh, the Places You’ll Go, Dr. Seuss

It’s been a minute or two since I graduated from high school and college.

But the message of this book is also valuable for a different kind of senior.

I get to choose the course of my future.

Sure, there are things I have no control over.

I cannot control the weather, the economy, or the feelings of others.

The list of things I can control is much more important.

Even in situations where I am tempted to feel that I am a victim, I always have significant choices.

Even when the road behind is longer than the road ahead.

I can’t change the past, but I have more influence over the future than I realize.

What if I could change the past?

If I could travel back 10 years and give advice to past-me, what would I say?

How would my life be different if past-me followed that advice?

How would I convince past-me to make those changes?

What if the future-me also had the ability to travel back to present-me?