May 9, 2012

The Worst Advice You'll Hear

Erich Bridges, Baptist Press

Don't look back.

That is one of the worst pieces of advice you'll ever hear. Naturally, you hear it all the time. "Positive thinkers" and pop psychologists love it. Forget the past, they say. You can't change it, so why dwell on it? Move on. Sunshine will follow the rain. Tomorrow will bring a new you. The next shot will fall. Insert your own cliché here.

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