Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.  ~ George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905, US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 – 1952)

This year I am taking American History II.  My teacher Miss Cagley is one of the reasons I love history so much.  Honestly!  For me history is one of the greatest subjects that one could ever learn.  If we did not have our past, we would not know where to go from here.  The past is the starting point of the decisions that will be made in the present.

Now some think that they cannot learn anything from History.  I disagree.  History is filled with advancements and with failures that we can learn from.  One of the biggest and funniest lessons to be learned from history is to never try a land invasion of Russia.  Okay you might think well duh of course, but think of how many times it has been tried.

Napoleon. Hitler.  Both tried.  Both failed.  Miserably I might add. 

However, my point is no matter how silly it may seem we can learn from history.  If we do not glance back every once in a while how will we know not to make the same mistakes?

I encourage you to get into history and find something new that you can take with you in the present.  For me?  Well let’s just say that my lesson from history is there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9- “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”