Janus the Roman god for which the month January is named was the god of gates and doorways. This god is represented with two faces; one facing forward and one facing back. As we enter January it is our opportunity to look both forward and back, to enter a moment in time.
Our future depends on our past and as we leave the past behind, look back and travel in our imaginary space capsule called "The Present", we drag a little residue of the past with us. A souvenir so to speak to remind us of experiences both good and not so good. But we must be careful not to carry too many souvenirs as they will weigh us down and burden our spaceship, "The Present". Some things are better left behind and forgotten. We must simply watch from the rear view window of "The Present" and wave good bye to those things that are too heavy to bring along. Those things left behind may have their own future and to bring them along may bind us to that. So let it go and just watch it fade away from view until you can't remember what it looked like, felt like.
As we turn to face forward in our space craft and gaze out the window we see laid before us a vast almost infinite future of possibilities. Those of us who are lucky enough to realize "The Present" can be steered in all directions, will feel boundless joy and freedom.
We can look back for reference, look back at our starting point and plot a course to where we are going but "The Present" doesn't have a navigation system. "The Present" moves along on whatever course she wants. We can only steer in the moment, but that is the beauty of The Present. She can be steered in any direction at any moment. The choice is ours.
Happy New Year!
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