Back
in October, the season premiere of “The Flash” aired. It was entitled “The Man Who Saved Central
City.” There’s an interesting scene in
that episode that I want to describe today. Barry Allen (A.K.A. The Flash) and a group of
his allies were celebrating a recent victory, so they popped open some champagne. A member from the group begins to speak, he
says these words:
“Gather
around everyone please. Looking at all
of you, thinking how far we’ve come, and remembering those no longer with us, I’m
reminded of a Hebrew word used during times of graduation “Kadima” it means forward.” He raises his glass to make a toast, “Forward.” The rest of the group,
one by one echo that word, pledging that they were going to move forward. I echo the same resolution for myself.
Let
me make an important disclaimer: when I speak of moving forward, I’m not implying that I’m going to become sort of an amnesiac who forgets everything
that has happened in the past. If you’ve
spent any time reading my words, you know the monumental events that happened
to me in 2015. I’m not ever going to
forget. I’m not going to push it under
the rug, and pretend like it didn’t happen.
I
came across an Internet article from Yahoo.com.
Someone had posed this question for others to answer: “Does “moving forward”
mean completely turning ones back from the past?” Everyone who responded answered that moving
forward doesn’t necessarily mean acting like the past never happened. A respondent under the username La Dolce Vita
answered, “No. Our past made us who we
are today as a whole person. We can’t
lose our past. We can move forward using
our strengths and weaknesses from our past and make a better future with our
knowledge and experiences.” Well said. Incidentally, click on the link below to see
Internet page I’m quoting from.
What
do I mean, then, when I speak of moving forward? I simply mean, as my former boss put it, life
is chapters. I’m in a new chapter
now. So while I will certainly look back
and remember the memory of my wonderful father, I’m not going to try to act
like I’m still in that chapter of my life.
I’m not anymore. I have to move
forward to everything that God has for me in this chapter.
Kevin
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