Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.
No, seriously. Don't. And while you're at it, remember the past, too.
Why?
Why not just live in the present?
Why?
Because we're sentient beings, with a conscious and a mind, and we can retain memories and impressions. We have the capacity to learn and to anticipate. It helps us feel things. It lends us to empathy and caring. It provokes us to dream, to imagine, to hope.
It also leads to resentment and desire for revenge. It leads to hard feelings and failed expectations. It stirs sadness and depression over people and things that have been lost.
What can I say? There is no yin without the yang, no good without evil, no light without darkness.
Life is conflict. Life is a journey. Life is growth.
There are setbacks and horrors and the incomprehensible. There are are wonders and beauty and moments of stunning insight. Sometimes life seems a series of steps towards nirvana. Sometimes it seems like a series of missteps circling us to a return to the dark ages.
Live as a full human being. Remember the past. Enjoy the present. Dream the future.
One thing above all else should be abundantly clear from this short blog message -
I am not now, nor have I ever been, a philosophy major.
Carpet D Em!
T. M. Strait
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