Reading the past

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Nyann

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"I like to look forward to the future" is a very inspiring and strong sentence indeed. Especially those who put it in practice. They remain focused and do hard work.

But I guess I am more of the person who thinks more than I do. I am forgetful in many ways, I forget some some small things necessary in daily life. But I remember a lot of things too...

Like, I remember my feelings, even though I can't feel it anymore. I remember the experience. I remember places, I remember words, I remember what I did in the past...

In nuf I have a hobby... I like looking through the past posts. They are like memories frozen in time. They are like an open diary where you can discover so many exciting things, and find answers to so many questions. It is also rude and "unproductive".

Some say past only exists in our memory... Past is just imaginary, as Imaginary as the future... The truth is we only exist in the present.

But unlike future, we have the proof to it. Proof because something in the past has led to the present. Why? Two times can exist simultaneously. I live several hours ahead and several hours behind some places of the world. I see light of the stars which are decades, centuries and millennia old... Isn't that a proof to the past? We may see it at this moment, but the star may not even exist in it's own present...

So in order to escape the monotonous life in the present, I guess I like to look at the past? It's like looking at a story...

"Those who forget the past, tend to repeat it" is what my sensei says. In the context of mistakes ofc. But I like what it says.

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    1. Pray Alpha Dec 23, 2019
      To be honest, I'm quite scare looking towards the future. It's always fills me with anxiety and loss that may happened in the future.
      My body condition is not always the best, so my parents always told me to enjoy "Now" rather than the future.

      Even when looking at the past, there's a lot of thing I regret, the cringy things I do and said, the mistake and especially the insensitive thing I said that made my mother cry.
      Looking back, I have made a lot of mistake but that mistake also the thing that made me how am I "Now".
      "Now" my mom is my best friend that always support my not so girly hobbies.


      but I'm not listening to your complain about my hobby, dad!!!
      (✿`・ω・)▄︻┻┳═一Pew, pew, pew!!
      anyudr and Nyann like this.
    2. Cascadian Rex Dec 20, 2019
      KYahh~~~ah:blobcatblush:! I Dont look! My nuf history is an embarrassing mess !:blobcat_rawr:
      anyudr and OnceandFutureLurker like this.
    3. Evil_Ginger Dec 20, 2019
      I always like to look back at my cheese lecture
      Cascadian Rex likes this.
    4. TheAce485 Dec 20, 2019
      The point is to appreciate the past, but not be stuck in it and continue living in the ''now''. Never looking back isn't good either.

      I am sort of the same, I remember the feelings and experiencing them, but I also tend to forget WHAT exactly happened for me to feel it. ~
      Haerether and Lurking like this.