Beat on against the current

Day after day we go forth trying to make this day better than the last, trying harder to achieve our goals and our ambitions. We solidify our belief that in constantly going forward we will at one point achieve all that has eluded us; the past is not to be dwelt upon, it is only to be learnt from.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"  - this line from one of my favourite books personifies the struggle so well