Why are we wired in such a way that our memories never come out as neutral? You either look back in a positive or a negative manner. Sometimes we become enamored with our past and refuse to look ahead to the future, or ignore what is standing in front of us, the present.
It becomes so easy to lose sense of reality when things are less than wonderful in your current life. You drift back into a better time, when the situation was more manageable or that person was less callous. You warp time to create a ‘safety zone’ for your mind to go into when things are a bit overwhelming. But what if the lines begin to blur between reality and memory? You’re drifting away from your cozy little living room until you’re on the back porch stargazing in the middle of August.
No matter how hard we may wish, we are condemned to the present. We have to keep pushing forward, and though its okay to occasionally glance back, do not walk backwards and leave yourself blind to the future. Letting go of the past is beyond difficult, because we don’t want to let go of those people or places that we’ve come to love, but if they really loved you back…
they would be in your present.
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