Bad Habit

 

Listening to some tunes this morning (no shocker there).   How many of us make a habit of looking over our shoulder?  Dwelling on things from the past that hurt but are dead and gone.  Creating a habit of living in the past and measuring our present in the same light.  *raises hand*

What does it take to break this habit?  Maybe for some of us it is maturity.  For others maybe just getting fed up with feeling sad/worthless/frustrated/insert whatever yucky emotion here.

If I could counsil my younger self, I would scream at her naive co-dependant soul to savor the sweet memories.  Learn from the not so sweet ones.  Forgive yourself, forgive the twat-waffles that contributed to the tough lessons of the past and carry the fuck on with your bad self.  Don't waste your energy while your life slips away.

"Time ain't standing still

And there ain't no way to get it back

All this looking over my shoulder

A bad habit

All my life I've been a wasting

All my life done slipped away"

                                                                         JJ Gray & Mofro