Thank you for this trip through The Christmas Story of Dickens. I always enjoy reading  your articles. Past, Present, Future no matter how we look at it, we've been there or will be. I'm sure I've heard that the past is a predictor of future performance but yikes! I don't believe it. What the past does is give us lessons learned. We can then either prevent a repeat or purposely repeat behavior depending on if past results were favorable or not. I am a big fan of living in the present. I believe being present in our moments is important because they create our memories. Setting goals for how we want our future too look is great, but we can't live there. I have many 'if only' and 'when' friends who try to live in the future that isn't there yet. They miss out on today. One of my best friends told me recently, "I wish I had appreciated what I had then." Yes, we need to appreciate what we have when we have it.