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I seek a future different from the past.
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<center>'''I seek a future different from the past.'''</center>
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From new perception of the world there comes a future very different from
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the past. The future now is recognized as but extension of the present. Past
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mistakes can cast no shadows on it, so that fear has lost its idols and its
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images, and being formless, it has no effects. Death will not claim the future
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now, for life is now its goal, and all the needed means are happily provided.
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Who can grieve or suffer when the present has been freed, extending its
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security and peace into a quiet future filled with joy?
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Father, we were mistaken in the past, and choose to use the present to be
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From new [[perception]] of the world there comes a [[future]] very [[different]] from
free. Now do we leave the future in Your Hands, leaving behind our past
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the [[past]]. The future now is recognized as but [[extension]] of the [[present]]. Past
mistakes, and sure that You will keep Your present promises, and guide the
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[[mistakes]] can cast no [[shadows]] on it, so that [[fear]] has lost its [[idols]] and its
future in their holy light.
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images, and being formless, it has no effects. [[Death]] will not claim the future
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now, for life is now its [[goal]], and all the needed means are happily provided.
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Who can [[grieve]] or suffer when the present has been freed, extending its
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[[security]] and [[peace]] into a [[quiet]] future filled with [[joy]]?
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:''Father, we were mistaken in the past, and choose to use the present to be''
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:''free. Now do we leave the future in Your Hands, leaving behind our past''
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:''mistakes, and sure that You will keep Your present promises, and guide the''
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:''future in their holy light.''