The future is the present, in the blink of an eye.
In just a breath, the present is the past.
Don’t waste a single moment regretting days gone by;
live every hour as though it is your last.
Life is but a learning curve, or so the cliché goes.
Sometimes it’s three steps forward four steps back.
It’s the same for everybody, and everybody knows,
sometimes we’re gonna stumble down the track.
Holding on to memories of something we can’t change
won’t solve the problem now, so let it go.
Build a new tomorrow from what you’ve learned today
and yesterday’s mistakes will help you grow.
A contest entry
- I cannot change the past... by PrabhuDayal Khattar.
400 points, ended January 5, 2008, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Learning to Live... by JustxThexBeginning.
950 points, ended May 5, 2008, 23 entries
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1500 points, ended May 27, 2008, 15 entries
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wow I love the meaning within this piece. Each stanza touched upon another great sense of truth. The only thing that I found a little..off was the flow, the rhyming was awesome but each line seemed as if they sometimes didnt 'fit' together. but none the less awesome message and write.
thanks for entering
All the best
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That is very true indeed. Yesterdays mistakes help us get closer to finding the key to destiny.
Kari
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love, love, love... so every true... i guess i do kind of need to let go of yesterday and live for today.... it's all i can do... thanks for entering this piece and good luck in my contest...
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I like the rhymes a lot and you've got a great message that you're trying to share. It makes me think about I wrote recently and the idea that moving on and trying harder for tomorrow is such an important thing to do.
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Excellent!
As a Celtic Wiccan, you seem to be on my path. You have penned a perfect tribute to living life to its fullest, harming no one while while in the process.
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you have no idea how close to home this hits for me, you did a great job, keep writing!!
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Haha I'm really impressed by your "pure and simple" wisdom. Your thoughts ring with tried and true knowledge and I'm sure the next time I find myself dwelling on the past I'll think of this poem and smile. nice, uplifting write (especially for us confused youngsters).
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"Build a new tomorrow from what you’ve learned today"
This is my favorite line in the poem. Your poem illustrates truth and deep insight into modern society. That is what I like most about this work. Well done!
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very true
i like your poem i wrote on i can't go back.it is basicaly the same message.trying to hold onto memories of things we can't change. i always felt i should have done things different and should have said i'm sorry or explained why i said the things i said or did.so if i could go back to fix things.but you know we can only go ahead. don't waste a single moment of days gone by. we must move ahead.i like the whole message.very good.
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This is such a wonderful poem. You have such a wonderful message here to tell the world, and it is one that we should all take note of. Sometimes when we are stuck in a bad place, it is so hard to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and we just have to believe that we will get out of it, and take the time to learn from where we might have gone wrong. WEll done, I really loved this.
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I think this poem is so nice and I felt the words as I read. I was so thrilled reading this one. But there is room to be had in touch up here and there.
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so very true thank you for reminding me about thata
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Awesome poem. It is very true. I think everyone should hear what you said. I think maybe it could be longer honestly. I have tried telling my mom htat but she won't listen. I think everyone knows it but some people just need to take the advise.
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HMM , I feel like this should be addressed to me. I know this, but somehow it is very hard to practise. Your poem is a beautifull reminder that regret is but wasted time unless we use it forward facing to make positive changes.
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You could almost be a Yorkshire lass.
I had a mug once with a similar refrain about a Yorkshiremans advise to his son.
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Build a new tomorrow from what you’ve learned today’
and yesterday’s mistakes will help you grow.
A great use of the prompt here..I appreicte this wonderful work..well done...
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This is the message that we all need to learn, and the more times we say it, the better likelihood we will - repetition is a great teaching tool. I have stumbled and then tripped over my regrets - it was not a bit of use to dwell on them. I wish that other people could forget my mistakes too...
Lovely verses and rhyming, and an important message for the end of the year.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 
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