Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark.
Philippians 3 : 13-14
Yet I argue not
J. Milton
Against Heaven’s hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer
Right onward.
It is not by regretting what is irreparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of what we are. It is not by complaining that we have not the right tools, but by using well the tools we have. What we are, and where we are, is God’s providential arrangement, – God’s doing, though it may be man’s misdoing; and the manly and the wise way is to look your disadvantages in the face, and see what can be made of them. Life, like war, is a series of mistakes, and he is not the best Christian nor the best general who makes the fewest false steps. He is best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes; organize victory out of mistakes.
F.W. Roberston
Each of these are from the December 31st page of a lovely little book that I have read many times (and will start again tomorrow) entitled Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Mary W. Tileston, 1891. One can find a PDF copy here –https://archive.org/details/dailystrengthfor00tile_1
Happy New Year!
