Ps Prince has on several occasions mentioned about believers who swing back and forth into the past or future instead of living life in the here and now. He likens such behaviour to performing what he affectionately terms the "If-Only What-If" Indian dance.
A person is in "If-Only" mode when he reminisces about the past and regrets things that happened, for example, "if only he had married that other girl", or "if only he had taken that course of action". He is in "What-if" mode when he starts to worry about the future, for example "what if the property market crashes, what if the the stocks he bought tanked". As he swings back and forth and back and forth, it resembles an Indian dance.
What we have to realise is that we cannot change the past, and the future is in God's hands, so we should just live life to the full in the present.
Catch Ps Prince illustrate that dance in this video entitled "If-Only-Itis", which is an excerpt from his Humorous Bible Illustrations DVD.
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