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I know I haven't been writing as much as I should but I will try to sit down tonight and post something. I've been really busy but I know that is no excuse. Please help me and hold me accountable. -Jerikah

The Shadow of Our Past..

I recently finished the book "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald  It was a really good book. No I didn't have to read it for a class or anything. I read it for pleasure and because I wanted to gain some knowledge on literature and expand my vocabulary. So this was on a list I pulled up along with one of my favorite pieces of literature "To Kill A Mockingbird." I highly recommend this book to any avid reader. I know my sister had to read it for her English class. She didn't read the whole thing (of course) But anyways. There were many quotes in "The Great Gatsby" that stuck in my head and this was one of them. "Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." This is such a great quote! All too often I worry about my past and let it effect my future. I often let the let the sadness of my past and the fear of my future ruin the happiness of my present. There has been many times in my life where I think of what happened in the past and let it ruin the opportunities that right now has too offer. I know most of us regret our past or wish things would have turned out differently but then you wouldn't be the person you are today. So don't regret the past, it helped shape you into who you are. And if we are given tomorrow, don't worry about what happened yesterday. We are given another day to run faster and stretch out our arms out farther. Keep going and don't give up, I know our past knocks us down repeatedly but that is why we beat on, boats against the current, continually being thrown back into the past. YOU ARE STRONG and you WILL make it. No matter how many times you get knocked down continue to beat against the current, fight back and tomorrow when you wake up remember to run a little faster and  to stretch out your arms farther than you did the day before.