Writing yesterdays post my mind wandered into thoughts of the past. After posting it, it occurred to me that, "the threads of the past, form the fabric of the future." I'm not sure if I just like the sound of the phrase or if I understand exactly what that means, but you can quote me on that.
Our future is influenced by the past. How could it not be ? Our early years we do nothing but imitate our elders. We instinctively adopt their behaviors and attitudes. It is only later in life, we begin to form our own opinions. Our personalities begin to be influenced by others. Their past has influenced them. They were in turn influenced by their elders. And so the past moves forward.
We should all live with an awareness of the past. The possible benefits are self explanatory. On some level there may be no benefit at all. The past may in fact be contradictory to the present. All in all though, self reflection and the stories of the past can be useful guidelines. An explanation of the present. Sometimes an explanation is all that is required. Putting something to rest. If nothing more an awareness that the path you are walking has been walked before, is somehow comforting. As humans, we don't like to be alone. Few choices have not already been chosen. Only the circumstance change.
On a personal level I find demystifying the past and finding it's relevance to today, specifically to me, a fascinating thing. All those that have gone before us have left some threads. Follow those threads and you may unravel some of the future. I find some sense in it all. Some threads just lead to a simple answer and others may lead to more threads. Questions answered and some asked.
One should remember that the future is always just ahead. It is not ten years from now,ten minutes from now or ten seconds from now. Remembering the threads of yesterday could prevent a snag today.
Our future is influenced by the past. How could it not be ? Our early years we do nothing but imitate our elders. We instinctively adopt their behaviors and attitudes. It is only later in life, we begin to form our own opinions. Our personalities begin to be influenced by others. Their past has influenced them. They were in turn influenced by their elders. And so the past moves forward.
We should all live with an awareness of the past. The possible benefits are self explanatory. On some level there may be no benefit at all. The past may in fact be contradictory to the present. All in all though, self reflection and the stories of the past can be useful guidelines. An explanation of the present. Sometimes an explanation is all that is required. Putting something to rest. If nothing more an awareness that the path you are walking has been walked before, is somehow comforting. As humans, we don't like to be alone. Few choices have not already been chosen. Only the circumstance change.
On a personal level I find demystifying the past and finding it's relevance to today, specifically to me, a fascinating thing. All those that have gone before us have left some threads. Follow those threads and you may unravel some of the future. I find some sense in it all. Some threads just lead to a simple answer and others may lead to more threads. Questions answered and some asked.
One should remember that the future is always just ahead. It is not ten years from now,ten minutes from now or ten seconds from now. Remembering the threads of yesterday could prevent a snag today.
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