Hindsight is 20/20. That is what they tell us.  I’ve been reading a book called Farewell Titanic and one of the officers had formerly been disciplined and demoted for a short time for disobeying an order. (It was actually a good thing he did). One of the comments the author made is this officer regrets not disobeying Captain Smith’s order of “full steam ahead.” He was also the one who made the call to avoid the berg. He wished he had trusted his gut instinct of hitting the berg straight on (they doubt Titanic would have sunk then).

Hindsight is good to have…sometimes. We can right wrongs. We can learn from our mistakes. We can see how a different choice would have could have turned things around.

But sometimes hindsight is bad. Always looking in the rearview mirror keeps distraction high. It keeps preoccupation on the cusp. It keeps us looking over our shoulder (ever tried that while mowing your lawn?). Sometimes the past just needs to be buried. Dealt with and buried. You can’t change it. Especially the ugly parts (we all have them).

I hope you are looking through your windshield and not your rearview mirror.

And yes, I am a Titanic buff.