You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
The future ain't what it used to be.
When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have read more
When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has
died,
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon
or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.
There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.
Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.
'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.
