Best years of my life

So, I took the weekend off from writing and found I REALLY missed it.  So many thoughts swimming around in my head 24/7 , it's actually wonderful having an outlet for them.

Today I was thinking about the phrase "Best years of my life...."  I have heard this phrase tossed about frequently relative to the time spent in high school, college, and other very limited windows of opportunity and experience in life.

There are people who get stuck, they stagnate and live mediocre lives because they can't get their head wrapped around today instead of yesterday.  I am not one of these people.  For me the "Best years of my life" are whatever years I am living right now, in this instance, in this moment!  If I assume the best years of my life are behind me, then what do I have to look forward to?  Where is my motivation to keep going and to fight through the struggles and challenges?  If the best is already over, then why should I give a hoot.

Don't get me wrong, I have some wonderful memories and pockets of time from my life, but I also know that when I take the rose colored glasses off, that every period of our lives is also presented with challenge. Growth and Wisdom opportunities I like to call them.  Would I prefer to keep living the same period over and over again like Bill Murray in 'Groundhog Day'?  No thank you. Rather I got it right or wrong the first time around, I came through the other side. I made the choices and took the steps to forward mobility.  I would not be where I am today without the choices of yesterday. Onward and upward as they say.

I can appreciate sharing fond memories of the past, but don't get trapped like a fly in molasses,  remember them, catalog and file them away, and move on.

Today is most important! Whatever you are doing right this second will take you to the next and so on and so on and so on.  To move forward, to be joyful and content in who you are today, requires investment. Investment of your time, your heart, and your soul.  Make it work.

For me, the "Best years of my life" are always being built from today and tomorrow.