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The Only Way Is Forward

Let this image sit with you. 

Where are you coming from? 

Where are you going to?

Why are you going there? 

Why can’t you go back? 

This reminds me of the scripture,

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.– Proverbs 4:25

Commitment to anything requires a vision ahead of you and the willingness to not look back. 

Here’s my interpretation of Sylvester Stallone’s painting. 

I’m no Sylvester Stallone, but I can Canva with the best of them.

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