Good Words from Emerson

I really like these words from Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is important to learn from the past for the sake of the present, but it is not useful to regret the past. Regretting is a total waste of time. I could do that all day long, but I choose not to. Each day is a series of new opportunities, so it is important to do the best we can with each day. Doing a few things to raise my self-esteem every day is a good way to spend the time. However, sometimes that does not work out, and that is where Emerson's words come into play. "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays."