If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the moment. – Lao Tzu
I have been stuck in the past since I was a teenager. I have no idea why. I think maybe it has to do with how my brain works. But there are a lot of us out there. Here a source says, “The psychological reasons why people dwell in the past are infinite and varied, although they all come down to the fact that people unconsciously fear and simultaneously seek to master certain life events that trouble them.” That seems to be true to me anyway.
I seek to change everything that I have ever done and everything that ever happened to me. I can see the crucial moments that could change my future and they are legion. Why so many mistakes? If I could just reach out and smack that kid in the head and tell him to change his ways, then everything would be so much better. Or would it? I don’t know. Some things maybe, but not every single thing.
I live in the past and it makes it very hard to move on with my life. Thank goodness I have some people who push me out the door regardless of how I feel.
