I never look back
over my shoulder
at what is lost
or is history.
I never look ahead
at what may
or may not
ever be.
I live
for the moment
with the beauty
that touches me.
.
.
© the author writing as Romantic Dominant
Art by Fulvio De Marinis
I never look back
02
Aug
A Faded Romantic's Notebook 
~M
August 2, 2020 at 2:10 pm
Best way to live 🙂
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Romantic Dominant
August 2, 2020 at 2:13 pm
Smiles. I believe it to be so. It works for me anyway.
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~M
August 2, 2020 at 2:19 pm
And it’s funny that you posted this today because I just had a dream this morning, where I was being forced back into the past. And I was trying to leave the past right where it was and ignore the people who wouldn’t let me leave it behind. So of course your poem really spoke to me. I always love it when things like this happen. Just reinforces what I already know to be true.
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Romantic Dominant
August 2, 2020 at 2:46 pm
Strange coincidences all around us. So many at times that they cease to be strange. Smiles.
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SCM
August 2, 2020 at 3:20 pm
Some says past does not exist neither future only what we feel right now… lovely
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Romantic Dominant
August 2, 2020 at 4:57 pm
Indeed. Smiles.
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emergingfromthedarknight
August 3, 2020 at 7:34 am
Great way of living. I look back waaaaay too much 🙂
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Romantic Dominant
August 3, 2020 at 10:49 am
Smiles. Ah, it takes much practice and resolve.
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thereluctantpoet
August 5, 2020 at 6:24 pm
Ahhh, Super post!! Love the idea of this, but is it really possible? Really? If we don’t learn and remember the lessons of the past won’t we make the same mistakes again? And if we don’t look to the future will we plan and have goals and be able to things done in a better way? What of Dreams? Dreams are of things not in the present aren’t they? LOL Just wondering, My Friend!
Chuck
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Romantic Dominant
August 5, 2020 at 7:46 pm
Smiles. Yes. But it is more about not regretting the past and not allowing it to dominate the present and the future. And I’m not sure we truly make mistakes. We make choices. We take paths. Hindsight might see them as mistakes, but a million unforeseen circumstances might have turned them into mistakes. And as for the future – there is a lovely line from an ancient Joni Mitchell song – ‘just when you think tht you’ve finally got it made, bad news comes knocking at your garden gate’. Life has far too many variables outside our control to do anything but do what we think is right, and hope. But today. Oh today. We should never compromise today. Smiles. I am glad you liked the post.
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thereluctantpoet
August 6, 2020 at 12:27 am
Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Romantic Dominant
August 6, 2020 at 7:21 am
Smiles. Thank you.
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