Don't Look Back

Don’t look back. 28 x 38 oil on canvas 

Not because your past wasn’t real, not because it didn’t matter — but because it already served its purpose.

Learning from the past is necessary, but living there is a trap.

Every mistake, heartbreak, failure, or missed opportunity was a lesson, not a destination.

You weren’t meant to build your home in old memories.

You were meant to build momentum from them.

Forward is where growth happens.

Forward is uncomfortable, uncertain, and sometimes lonely — but forward is alive.

You cannot reach your next chapter if you keep re-reading the last.

Honor what helped shape you.

But let your direction be led by who you’re becoming,

not who you used to be.

Keep moving. Your journey is waiting ahead of you.