New History

“New History”

is named after a song by Andy Davis

[a sly and soulful singer/songwriter]

whose protagonist has barely survived a bad breakup

and now finds himself unsure whether or not he should embark on a new romance.

He doesn’t know if he’s ready to trust his feelings

and created what he calls “new history.”

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I love the idea of “new history”

It perfectly captures the relationship so many of us have with the past.

No matter how hard we try to let go of it.

All we’re really doing is creating new history,

trying to learn from past mistakes,

but inevitably making new ones that will haunt us in the future.

–– learn from mistakes; obtaining good and move forward ––

The past, it would seem, is inescapable.

Everything we are today is the product of who we were yesterday, last month, last year:

The choices we made

The red lights we ran

The things said and maybe shouldn’t have

The people we loved, we didn’t.

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How to make peace with the past?

This has become a concern to me.

Picture of Andy Davis

Credit

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