What do Confucius and Fleetwood Mac have in common? Both advise that you not stop…
And from Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 hit song “Don’t stop” come these lyrics –
If you wake up and don’t want to smile
If it takes just a little while
Open your eyes and look at the day
You’ll see things in a different way
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here
It’ll be better than before
Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone
Why not think about times to come
And not about the things that you’ve done
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here
It’ll be better than before
Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone
(listen to the whole song here.)
Confucius was advising persistence and the Fleetwood Mac song was pointing to hope for tomorrow. Both are important. It would be hard to be persistent if you lost hope for tomorrow.
Another key thought in the Fleetwood Mac song is the line “Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone.” One cannot get to tomorrow by constantly reliving yesterday. If something bad happened, it is over. Move on. If someone did something bad to you, forgive them and move on. If you did something stupid or bad, forgive yourself and move on. Do not get stuck in yesterday. No matter how slowly, you must move on.
I have explored in earlier posts some suggestions for moving on –
and most recently –
So, whether you take your advice from a Zen master or a rock and roll star, don’t stop. Just let go of yesterday and move on into tomorrow.
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