As we grow older, we talk about our past more … especially those special moments where we may have done something good or proud … maybe completed a difficult physical challenge or participate in some meaningful events and other personal achievements.
Good … it is good to remember the good things that you have done and talked about them … maybe share it with the younger ones … pass on your experiences … it is a form of teaching.
But don’t boast … DON’T GLORIFY YOUR PAST. And don’t live your present life based on your past.
Some people like to brag about their past … they always bring up the so called “big” things that have done in almost every conversation they have. Yes, you may have done something “big” in your younger days … that is in your past. Let it be in your memories, something that you are proud of to talk about but don’t dwell on it or glorify it.
Why these people like to boast of their past so often? My opinion is … they have nothing to look forward to in the present … that is why they keep dwelling on their past achievements and like to glorify them … repeatedly. When you ask them what they are going to do today … they tell you what they have done yesterday.
Look, the past has no power over the present moment … so don’t dwell on it and make it as if it is driving your present.
Live your life based on what it is now and how it is now. Look at what that is around you now, what that is happening now, what is your current physical status and what are the options you have now … live in the present and try to make yourself better in this current situation.
When you are half a century into your life … like it or not, you are going to slow down. The sad fact is … you are not as fit and strong as you were 30 years ago … well, that is how nature works. Don’t ever believe in those anti-aging, age reversing products … as impressive as their creative advertising slogans may sound … they don’t work and they cannot work … you cannot grow any younger or stop growing old using those products … it is just simply against the law of nature.
So, you won’t be able to do the things that you have done many years ago … THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OK !!! No need to dwell on those past things that you have done … there are many things you can still do. Things based on your current abilities in the current situation.
What I am trying to say is … live your life in the present moment. Be aware of your current self and look at things that is around you now. If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven’t done much today.
Of all the days you have in your life … there are only two days that nothing can be done … yesterday and tomorrow. So do the things on the day that they can be done … today. Soak in as much of today as you possibly can – the sights, the sounds, the smells, the emotions, the triumphs and even the sorrows.
There is a saying … “if you hold your past too tight to your chest, you can’t open your arms fully to embrace the present”.
