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Am I hoping for a good future or looking to a good past?

You may not know.. but some of these "titles" were questions I came up with a while back and am not always sure what they mean... today. I assume they meant something when listed....

For THIS... it seems related to THE issue of past, present, and future... regretting a past which cannot be changed or worrying/being anxious about a future which truly is basically unknown. That leaves the present which is where we are, for sure, and about which it behooves us to be awake (the? new term) or mindful (a recent and probably current term) or aware.

The present is THE gift/present we all get each and every moment. And that is my basic first rift on the title of this post.

I might also have been thinking that I often look back to the past and focus on certain negative aspects, memories, etc. about that past. I could also look back for joyous moments. Which are more important? What is really true, in sum, about my past? I think it must have been GOOD - essentially since I have a good life, have become a good and better person over time... even though it has taken a while and has caused too much pain... I will NOT say I did the best I could... I could have done better and I wish I had. However, the past is in most ways a closed book. What was good and what was bad both brought me to now. And NOW is fine!

As for a good future? I hope and even dare expect the future will be good .. for me... even as in these awful days of The Virus (the spring of 2020...!) many bad things are happening and there is a lot of suffering. I will see the suffering and may experience suffering AND I will do some helpful things, too. I will ... We all are surviving and hoping all others will survive and even, ultimately, thrive. HOPE is key.

HAVE HOPE...
(have hope will travel is the way to go...)


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