“You row forward looking back, and telling this history is part of helping people navigate toward the future. We need a litany, a rosary, a sutra, a mantra, a war chant for our victories. The past is set in daylight, and it can become a torch we can carry into the night that is the future.”
You might think that this is not a good way to move into the future with any sort of boldness or confidence but I think it really works. If our eyes are fixed mostly on where we have come from, we can chart a pretty steady course, even when what we are moving toward is dark.
Bird in a Cage