This is a quote from William Shakespeare that appears in the “Winters Tale” play written sometime in 1611. It was a common idiom at that time and evidently, Shakespeare was the first to use it in a written publication. It is defined in several ways in today’s word usage as, Let the unpleasantness we experienced become a thing of the past, the unpleasant things that have happened in the past are best forgotten, and a short version says, time to forgive and forget.
Perfect advice for where we find ourselves in today’s world. Jesus, our master teacher, tells us in Mt. 24:6, “You shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you be not troubled.” We find ourselves in the middle of wars against disease, political squabbles, poverty, and crime. We are currently recovering from a pandemic lockdown of several years that has left some of us mentally and emotionally afraid to venture out of the bunkers that we have created to protect our families and well-being.
There are many things to fear in our world of human affairs. Jesus tells us that these things are not to be feared because it is the Father’s good pleasure to give us the Kingdom. He also tells us to stop being anxious, do not worry, and seek first the kingdom within.
It is time to come out of our personal bunkers and let bygones be bygones. Regenerate the spiritual paths of faith, trust and love. Rekindle our twelve innate powers of man that we are blessed with that grow and manifest as we move forward into the awareness of our Christ Self.
This begins with let bygones be bygones. Build a fire, write down the things that you want to let go and see them disappear as you burn the past symbolically in the fire. Maybe it is time to do a burning bowl ceremony now instead of once a year at New Year’s Eve. Maybe even monthly as we let the past few years go and start again on our journey back to the Father’s house of joy, peace and love.
I Love you...
Rev. Robert