Confronted by Presence from the Past

Sometimes a phone call from way out of the past will challenge you to glance momentarily back to another world, far removed from the present.  The challenge is to remember that moment of past presence but move quickly back into the world in which you currently reside.  And to do this without anger or even questioning!  Let the past remain the past! 

I pulled up some quotes I liked:   "What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment.  And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new.  Right now!"   Okay.   Then I read another, "It is one thing putting away the past, and quite another to tape its mouth shut!"

I am not removing the tape.  It's been there too long!