So last night hubs and I went on date night and caught “Total Recall.”

(If you’re looking for a review, this isn’t it. Although I will say it’s more of a renter than a $9 movie. Mark claims the first one is way better.)

But a couple of the lines in the movie struck me.

Colin Farrell’s character wants to remember the past, remember who he was.

But the resistance leader, Matthias, tells him, “the past is just a construct of the mind. The heart wants to live in the present.”

Obviously, the past is not just a “construct” for those of us that don’t live in a futuristic, mind altering world.

But how often do we get trapped in our past, letting it define us?

Our past influences us, yes. It changes us.

But it does not define us. It does not define our future.

Unless we let it.

Are you letting your past define your future?

“The truly thankful person is a truly peaceful person. They have made a habit no matter what to notice, pause and choose.

Noticing something for which to be thankful no matter what circumstance they’re in.

Pausing to acknowledge this something as a reminder of God’s presence.”

-Lysa TerKeurst

“The feeling of being between adventures is a destination itself. It may seem like a braver traveler wouldn’t have to wait in the stillness of the empty crossroads, but it takes a different kind of boldness to skip the comfort of an arbitrary destination and enter the quiet land of uncertainty, as if you wanted to send yourself a postcard from there. It’s a daunting passage along the heroes’ journey that some people never dare enter. But if you can hang at that empty crossroads and bear the boredom, that’s when magic roads appear out of nowhere. But to get on those roads, you have to be willing to stand in the middle of nowhere for a while.”

(David Wilcox)

Stole this from Jody’s blog. She’s the queen of awesome quotes.