And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have.

People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might

And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.