The good old days were never that good. Paul has a great lesson here because he is able to forget his past successes. We certainly need to remember the past in order to learn from it, but sometimes the past will break your heart. Whether the past was awful or wonderful, it can bring its own special pain. We can't go back.
Time marches on.
We will get older and one day we will die. In our youth group meetings on Wednesday nights, the eighth graders have been discussion their poetry memorization assignment. I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. The only relief from the heart-breaking past is to embrace the future. No matter what our age, no matter what our past, we must make some good new days to replace the good old days.