Hindsight Is Always 20/20

Hindsight is Always 20/20
Many of us tend to dwell on our past. We live insecure and ashamed of the choices we made and the person we have become. We live in excruciating pain because of the wrong people have done to us. Soren Kierkegaard tells us, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward.” He makes a valid point when he said this. We may not understand why an adversity strikes us exactly when it happens, but hindsight is always 20/20.
When my parents got divorced, I was devastated. I always thought they were the epitome of love. They had been together since their teenage years and married young. They had four children, and loved them and each other unconditionally. Fate has its ways I suppose. I remember the day exactly how it happened. My mom and dad walked into the living room and told all of us to have a seat. My dad immediately started to bawl. My mother announced their divorce meekly.
My dad left for his car. Isabella, my little sister, ran after him saying “Daddy, Daddy! Where are you going?” He responded “Away.” She turned to us to ask if he was coming back, all we could do is shake our heads. I ran to my room with tears rushing down my face. I was in there for hours, just cuddled up with my Precious Moments© bible praying for clarity.
Years later, I finally understood. After all of the heartache I went through and the tears that I had shed, my parents were happier now. They were happier than they were the sixteen years they were married. My mom and dad had fought so much there last few months of marriage, and I did not realize it because I was young. My biggest concern was that they made it to my awards ceremony, not that they still loved each other. If they had stayed married, they would have been miserable.
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward.” Do not reside in the past, live for the future. You will not understand all of the mess you are in now, but hindsight is always 20/20. Keep moving forward.