What if you could go back in time and relive a day, or a week in your life … where would you go? To an unforgettable vacation. To reunite with a loved one? Where?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could go back and fix that mistake? Heal a sorrow. Relive a relationship you once cherished …

Just imagine. Collect a few of these. I have mine. What are yours?

Of course, at least today, we cannot go back. Movies like “Back to the Future” have fantasized the fun of time travel… but that’s all it is. Fantasy.

We have our memories of course. But going back to relive them … change past experiences? Nah … ain’t gonna happen.

Then there might be another perspective. If we can’t go back. If we cannot relive our past. Doesn’t this say something about the present? About our todays? This day? How we need to view them all … now?

As I age, I reminisce more. I simply have more past than future. Wins, losses. Regrets, whys … why nots. As I think back, I visualize a tapestry of experiences played that have defined me … my life really.

So, let’s think about this. If we can’t go back in time, and we see this clearly. How does this then guide us to view our todays differently? Well for me … I’m guided this way.

Embrace todays lovingly. Start each new day well … end each day well too. Pray, meditate early as you begin a day. Be thankful, grateful as your day ends. Savor as much of the good as you can.

Consciously recall the positive things that happened, made your day. No need to try to forget the bad or negatives. They have their own value. Just put them “on the shelf” and focus on the good. In a way compartmentalize the good and the bad.

The coronavirus has only amplified our appreciate of life. The gift of life. It’s been said, “You really never appreciate anything in life until it’s exposed to the possibility of loss.” Nothing is more true about our lives today … than this.

I love to write. I’ve said so before. It’s my version of therapy. I encourage my coachies to do the same. Writing things down clears the mind. Allows us to see our thoughts. And then this …

The weakest pencil stroke is better than the strongest memory.

By reading what happened, we can revisit. Return our mind and spirit to the past. Travel back in time. We cannot change things … but we can view things through a different lens. Learn from them and live today more fully, more effectively.

Remember … the magic of Frank Sinatra was his focus on the pauses in his music more than the notes themselves. Pause twice each day. Plan early … review later. Bracket those “to dos” with pauses. Take time between your decisions. It’s about time. The lens through which you see it.