As you hold on to the past, you realise that you don’t have the ability to reach out to the future. Yet when you go to grab what lies ahead, it slips through the grasp. Probably because all we have today is what we have to handle. That can’t happen, unless we have the present […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: In HandIt was something familiar to be back at her parents’ home. She hadn’t been there for years, but now she was about to get married and she wanted to visit the home one more time. As she visited the garage where all the old stuff was kept, she found an old shoe box. In it […]
Read More Previous, Present, ProspectiveI like history as it happens. The bit I like, obviously, is the story. I love a good story and the past has plenty to keep me going. So many tales of the good, bad and ugly. My own past is littered with all the above. Especially the ugly. A friend outlined to me recently […]
Read More Solid September Sale: No Longer Defined By The PastIt is out in the open then. Once again the Drydens are on the move. This blog started in 2005 back on Blogger and in the seven years since it’s begun I have lived in five different houses! Five! In the first 18 years of my life I lived in just two properties. Times have […]
Read More No Turning BackIn football, it’s often advised to those who have managed a club not to go back and manage that club again. The thinking is if you were a success at the club before, you’re not guaranteed to be a success again and seriously run the risk of tarnishing the good name you established before. Likewise […]
Read More Never Go BackWracked with guilt for what was done, continually haunted by what was never done, experiences of yesterday hold today captive. As the memories thicken and the hurt intensifies, so the suffocating choke of yesteryear prevents any ability to breathe the fresh air of the present. The keys to the jail are found in discovering that […]
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