Moving Forward is Required

Moving forward is required; though, looking back can be fun, as long as we don’t get lost in the dreams of yesterday.

Today is now and yesterday is past. To be awake requires staying in the year 2020 and moving onward.

This picture is a fun look back. The people are my sister, her boyfriend and his two friends, and me.

We were on a short trip from Palo Alto, California to Acapulco, Mexico. Her boyfriend had his own plane and pilot’s license.

The location was the UBQ nightclub, and the year was 1979.

We were drinking a lot of champagne that evening, and I got to feeling sick. The emergency remedy was an alka-seltzer in the ladies room. It was my first time taking this medication, and I plopped it in the water, and watched it fizz. It was a miracle relief for me. and I got to feeling better quickly. I was young and resilient. Everyone was relieved that the party could go on.

This glimpse back is a faded memory, and the only thing I remember really clearly is my miraculous first experience with an alka-seltzer tablet.

The picture is put away back into its box, and my life today moves on. I need to stay focused on the fact that I am older now, and my work is in the present, and my family needs me.

I have been feeling compelled recently to show this picture because my sister’s old boyfriend, named Aziz, reminds me of a famous local writer named David. I had a chance to hear this writer speak last year, and everytime I see his picture, I am reminded of Aziz.

It is strange how people in my present can remind me of people in my past. I guess we are all related in a human way.