Bridges

Sitting, thinking about all of the "what if's" and the mistakes you've made and the things you could have done better doesn't get you anywhere. You can wish you had done things differently, but wishing doesn't change what happened. The past can't be rewritten or done over. We live in the present, reaching for the future. We cross many bridges in this life and crossing them is the only way to move to another point in your life. It takes courage to cross bridges, leaving the past behind you and letting go. That first step may break your heart. Once you are half-way across you may begin to feel the pounding urge to run back. But in the end you persevere, whether it only took a few moments or many years. You take your first step on to that place that holds your future.
What lies before you may seem so overwhelmingly different, but something inside of you longs for the change. Mysteries at your feet, you take the path made for only you and you find yourself looking ahead, not straining to see behind you. You truly hope that just maybe the answers to the never-ending questions you have will be answered here. You will find the answers. You will find your dreams, prayers, joys, and hopes waiting. With every step you take, the load you carried becomes lighter and slowly you become healed and whole again. The childlike laughter that once melted hearts returns and greets the days ahead with smiles. No longer feeling so forgotten and alone, you take each day in stride and find that memories like deja vu jump up unexpectantly, but now you know what to do and the memory fades like the evening. You know in faith something greater awaits, leading you over every bridge.