Sometimes, we feel like we have more control over the past than the future.
Weird, no? Because its already happened.
But the past is somewhat maliable... its all about perception.
"No, I didn't really mean it that way."
"That's not what I said."
"But you never saw the other thing that happened right before that..."
"You must be mistaken."
In a culture of stories--our own recollections of the past versus hardcoded truth, sweeping over tracks in the sand seems so easy. Memories are so tenuous and open to interpretation, that we seem to spend more of our time trying to change the past or imagine what would happen if we did (because we know exactly what we things we need to change to make our lives better) than we actually spend trying to change our future. And yet, the fact of the matter is that the future is unwritten--completely wide open--and the past can't changed.
We could all use a little more work on the future. Where are you going versus where you think you could have been...