Monday, Nov. 12, 2012

There are those who subscribe to the mentality that it’s best to live in the moment—no past or future clouding one’s vision.  I believe that to do so is good…for a spell…but only brief pockets of time.  So why not all the time?  Why not lose one’s past and fail to focus on the future?

To lose sight of our past is to run the risk of repeating old mistakes.  Also, by forgetting the road that’s led us to where we are now, we may fail to retain lessons learned along the way.  To do either puts us at risk of careening off our path into unchartered waters that might be better left un-navigated.

What about neglecting to focus on the future?  When we fail to seek the future, the rewards and disappointments it may hold, we risk becoming ensnared in a tangled web of lost hope.  For without a future—something to look forward to—why would we strive to be more than we are in this very moment?

I believe life is a package deal, meaning that our past, present and future are so closely intertwined that to attempt to amputate one runs the risk of depleting the very essence of who we are…have been…and may become in the future.