Grandmother's Thoughts

I found this written on a scrap piece of paper by my grandmother, and thought it was too good not to share.

The old things are passed away, now, today, I enter into a new life...
Have you ever heard a person say "If only I could live my life over again?" But this is not what anyone really wants. What we really want is a different life, a new life, a new direction now. Let us have no regrets over the past. Let us not long to go back to relive it - Now is the time, Now is our beginning, Now - new life is ready for us. Think of yourself as at the point of beginning again. Do not let the mistakes, the failures, the unhappiness of the past - not even the happiness of the past bind you to yesterday. Let the past go. Live now. Live today in newness of thought , newness of life, newness of purpose. Everyday you have a new life to live if you only realize it and this new way of living can be transforming and enriching.

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind." Isaiah 65:17