Crossing the Rubicon

"PNR. Point of No Return. It sounds simple. You step across the line, and you focus only on the way ahead. No going back. Sounds like a good way to live life. Look only ahead. Put the bad stuff behind you and move on. But that's impossible. Your past always finds you. Even when you think you've let it go.

During the days of the Roman Republic, crossing the Rubicon River with an army was considered an act of war. In 49 BC, Julius Caesar ignored that law. He made the choice to cross the river... leading to civil war, the end of the republic and his own deification.

Passing the point of no return doesn't just happen. It's a choice we make. A line we decide to cross. And, we live with the consequences.

There are no promises of a positive outcome. No guarantees that, like Caesar, we'll end up with an empire. All we can really count on is that things will change, and that we'll live with the results.

And that's the hard part, because we're defined by our past. We can rethink our choices a million times, but what we decide becomes a part of who we are. And while we may be crossing the river... our footprints will always remain on the other side."

- James Parriott