The Present

Life is too short for us to walk in lock step. We have to strategize in the present, for the present is all we have. The past is informative to what choices we make in the present. Our present choices is what determines our future. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2025

What Matters

The past teaches. The present is where the hard work is done. The future is forged from the ashes of the present. You can’t change the past, it is gone. Only the present matters. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2025

Past

The past can only be used as a toolkit in the present. If we dissect our past, disembowel it of all the pain inflicted on us, it points the way out of our present depredation. Lessons learned can never be repeated. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2025

Our Past

We have to become acquainted with our past. If we don’t know who we are and where we came from, our present would be framed by others who are biased towards us. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2024

Trauma

Are our choices based on our past traumas? The past teaches us what needs to be actioned in the present. Now is when the work begins on our renewed birth and regeneration. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2023

Focus

Be fixated on the person in the mirror. We have to see ourselves in our rear view mirror and be cognizant of the fact that where we are presently is because of the choices we made in our past. In order to evolve we have to take the tools from our past experiences and apply […]