Are you living in the past,present or future?

@Pose123 (21635)
Canada
September 25, 2010 6:55pm CST
Have you ever thought about how much time most people spend thinking about either the past or the future? Almost every day we hear someone say, "if I'd only done this" or "why did I do that? When we're not regretting the past, we are often worrying about the future. Is this how we want to spend our lives? The only time that we have is now, it was now when we were born, and it will be now when we die, and if we are going to enjoy life as we should, than we need to find a way to focus on the present. Are you someone who spends most of their time living in either the past or the future or one of the few who are enjoying the moment?
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@jugsjugs (12967)
26 Sep 10
It is too late to do things about the things in the past.I look at here and now aswell as the future and what it holds for my family and myself.I think that there are too many people that live in the past,rather than looking at the things that are going on now,aswell as what they can be doing in the future.I would not want to know when i was going to die.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi jugsjugs, Thank you for commenting and I agree that we should stop regretting the past. Living in the moment is the only thing that we can do because the future is and will always be in the future. Blessings.
@canaussie (221)
• Australia
26 Sep 10
There is nothing much we can do about the past except learning from it. I strive to live in the present and make the most of it. As anything we do now, will affect of what we will become in the future.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
26 Sep 10
Hi canaussie, You make a very good point. Thank you for sharing. Blessings.
• United States
26 Sep 10
I am living in the present, but I do look back on the past a lot because many of the great things that we have today came from the past.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi rogue, Thank you for commenting. Remember that it's regretting the past that saps our energy and our time, not just thinking about it. We must do what has to be done today because it's the only time that we have. We create our future now. Blessings.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
26 Sep 10
Hi, I am living for my future and I always tell myself to look forward in my life. Never look backwards. Whatever things has happened,it was over and I should start again with new energy for my life to go on. Of course, I do feel regret sometimes on what happened in my life,but for sure the TIME is not able to bring me back to the past and I just need to accept the facts and carry on with my current life.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi shia88, Thank you for sharing but remember it is the present that is important. We create our future but we must do it now. Blessings.
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
26 Sep 10
Hi Pose! What comes to my mind as I read your post are children. They are just totally immersed in what they do. Unlike us, they just live in the present. There is truth in what you said. I don't believe in living in the past. But I do think alot about my family, my children and our future. I wouldn't say that I'm living in the future either. It's just a hope as I work hard to achieve it.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi tomitomi, You make a very good point because children are the future, and thanks for reminding us of that. I agree too, that children are masters at living in the now and we can learn a lot from now. Anything that we can do to make a better future must be done now, and so often we forget that. Blessings.
@formidexo (1351)
• Canada
26 Sep 10
I like to focus on the present but I learn from the past and I make my plans so that a bright future is ahead.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi formidexo, Thank you for your comment. Everything will be fine as long as we remember that everything must be done in the present. Blessings.
@formidexo (1351)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
So true!
@Mirita (2668)
• United States
26 Sep 10
Is nice to plan for the future ,but let's enjoy the present since we can create wonderful memories from the past ,and great achievements for the future. Even going out with your loved ones to eat ice cream can be really fun.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi Mirita, Thanks for commenting and having wonderful memories are fine. However, we must live in the now and create our future. Blessings
@savypat (20216)
• United States
26 Sep 10
I try very hard to live in the present. Living in the past is a usless habit and the future can only be seen faintly. So I am taking care of now and the rest will be what it will be.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi savypat, Thank you for commenting and we agree. Blessings.
• Singapore
26 Sep 10
I'm treasuring every moment I have on this world. Dwelling on the past is no good for your mind and you can't move on! There's no use regretting when you did not even put in any effort in the first time! That's why, they say 'no use crying over spilt milk'. How true this saying is. Well for me, there are times when I regretted but I came to realize that it was wasting my life and energy away. Thinking of the past will only make you older and you won't be able to improve on anything, seriously. As humans, it's more important to do things right THE FIRST TIME! No matter what, give our best shot! We should also have goals and think of our future, aim high and far so that these goals will empower us to do our best! I've got to emphasize on this, whatever you do, do your best. Don't regret. You must think of how to do better again when you can't make it for something.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi JudgeIronFist, Thank you for sharing your thoughts here and we agree that bemoaning what we did or didn't do in the past in a waste of both time and energy. We must focus on the moment as it's the only time we have to do anything. We create our future now. Blessings.
@Cutie18f (9551)
• Philippines
26 Sep 10
I can say that I am a person who lives in the present. I am not one to dwell on the past and the future to me is still a distant place to think about. I have to take care of the present.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi Cutie, Thank you for sharing your thoughts, just remember that you are deciding your future by what you do today. Blessings.
@bagputza (504)
• Belgium
26 Sep 10
Good evening dear friend Pose123 , actually i think it only comes natural to think from time to time like " Why have i done like this " or "i wish i'd knew before " , or "only if i'd knew" , or "why have i done it like this" , these types of phrases for me are prhases said so he cann understand and learn from what he or she have done in the past , so they cann repeat ( if a good result has comed from what he have done ) or so they cann be able to avoid , based on the experience they've had with the certain think he had done before. I wish i would of had alot more thingz to add , but i dont , since i am less experienced , i am pretty young and ready to learn from these great and genuin Mylot members. I wish you a great evening dear Pose123 Florin , Over and Out
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi Florin, I agree with you it's very natural to think about the past. The important thing however, to not to spend so much time regretting the past, that we fail to do what needs to be done today. Learn from the past and move on, but remember that everything you are going to do must be done today, now, it's the only time there is. Don't worry about the future, what you do today determines you future. Blessings.
• Malaysia
26 Sep 10
i am living in the present, and struggle hard to do best for my future..
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi Angie. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, just remember that we create our future by our actions today. Blessings.
@IoanaBI (494)
• Romania
26 Sep 10
Hello Pose! I like to think that i'm living in the present with nostalgy to my past because it build me and with hope for the future. I think that this is how everybody is living, even if at some point thay think with regrette at a choise they have done
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi Ioana, Thanks for commenting and lets never forget that now is the only time that we have. Don't waste time or energy regretting the past and today in when we create our future. Blessings.
• United States
26 Sep 10
I am one of the person who spends my time living in the past. It's not that i regret what i did in the past. It's just the past makes me who i am now. Forgetting what i learned from my mistakes in the past would only make me repeat them. Although i would like to live in the moment as well as think about my future, my past is too important to me to let it go.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi falconn, Thank you for sharing your thoughts and that is an interesting way of looking at things. I reminisce about the past sometimes but to spent time and energy regretting the past would be taking away from the only time I have to improve things, which is now. Blessings.
• United States
28 Sep 10
Your welcome. Living in the past doesn't really mean that you're regretting what you have done. It just meant that there were important memories in your past that you want to cherish so you look back at them. For me, my memory that i cherish was learning from my mistakes so i look back on them. I don't necessarily regret them.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 10
I have to confess I am a past dweller! I don't even think about the future, that for me is too frightening and being a pessimist I don't look to the future with hope, so I spend my life in the past, yes I admit I hold my hands up to deep regret, anger, hate, all stems from the past, I do live from day to day and I do a lot of work on myself, I also do therapy so in theory I cannot escape the past when in therapy most of the work is about the past and coming to terms with it. My past has been pretty horrific and unless I can put a closure to it I will continue to live in the past. Nothing can change it, I can't reverse it but it still has a deep impact on who I am today and how I life my life.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi wolfie, Thank you for sharing this and I truly hope that you can work though whatever is holding you to the past. I know too that only you can do this. We have discussed this before and I continue to think of you, always holding to the thought that things well improve. Try to remember that thoughts are things and see if you can find something to be grateful for everyday. Blessings.
@roncat (276)
• Philippines
26 Sep 10
It seems I am stuck in the present. I do plan for the future but the present is more important to me. Thing that I do today will be my past someday and the future that I plan for will the present one day.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi roncat, Very well said, thank you. We are all stuck in the now because it's the only time we have, but you appear to understand that very well. How we live and what we do today determines our future. Blessings.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
26 Sep 10
For me present because for now I'm married already.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi ebuscat, Thank you for your response. Blessings.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
26 Sep 10
I am living in present and always learn from my past because sometimes in past I have done many mistakes so now again I don’t want to do it. So I always learn from my past. And think about my future for my planning for my carrier. I think every person have planned their future to what to do in future. So I have also some planning for my future.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi anurag, Thank you for responding and just don't waste time and energy regretting the past. Our living and doing must be done today as now is when we create our future. Blessings.
26 Sep 10
we can't easyly forget those past things happen in our life,,happiness or sadness.thats always recall us everytime we encountered such problem,but one thing is we need to accept that past is past we need to be strong what is important is the future and forgot the past.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Sep 10
Hi rgzzabala, Thank you for responding and I agree the problems of the past must be put behind us. It is the present that we have to be concerned with because how we live our lives today, determines what the future will hold. Blessings.
• India
26 Sep 10
i am still living in the past.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 10
Hi ridgecorr, If you are living in the past I hope that it is good memories that you are having. Today or the now is the only time that we have to improve our future. Blessings.