BACKWARD GLANCES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 214, 10 September 1928, Page 6

BACKWARD GLANCES.

When we take "a backward glance o'er travelled roads" some of the milestones are pleasant, but many are reminders of mistakes and mishaps. This is not to be wondered at; for there is no one among us who has a clean slate. It may belong to the angels to have no debits against them, but not we humans. The weakness is in being overcome by the blemishes that did for a time spoil the colour of life for us. It is not easy to avoid such troubles. At least we can do our best, and though we fail there's such a thing as getting up again with a smile. It is good for us to look over the past; but it is downright foolish to be gloomy about the bad items. Sometimes those glances make us go hot and cold. The memory revives some rather doubtful episodes. Well, there they are—bad marks against us. But there's no need to let them upset our future. There are happy backward glances for all of us. Those are the times we must dwell on. If we linger on these happening the unpleasant things will grow less and less In their tauntingß. Gloom and regrets never do any good. Dwelling on them simply deadens our out,look. Faith and hope are the things. —L.G.