"We as people live in constant fear of the responsibility of the present, which leads to constant (sometimes innate) pessimism, and causes us to do the most idiotic of things: grip the intangible. We hold on to the past because we can see it clearly (through the 20/20 vision of hindsight) and it is set in stone, yet no longer reality; whatever goes wrong, we can see it, yet feel no repercussions. We can even hypothesize what could've happened, which allows for one to quasi-live in the past, though it cannot be literally inhabited. We hold on to hope for thefuture, as we can envision it to be as great as we like, and if something goes wrong with the vision, there are no repercussions; even if our views are preposterous and farfetched, there is the optimism of the possibility of occurrence that allows for an escape from reality. No one can usurp such thoughts, which is why we revel in them. However, it is pure idiocy to live in an unreal place in which one has no control. We cannot control the future, nor can we change the past. One is set in stone, the other is fickle and subject to change. The only in-between is the present, the only place in which we can control what goes on. However, we do not like to take responsibility for our actions, which is why we live in the past/future. The present is unforgiving; repercussions shall come, no matter what. It is up to us to choose what we reap tomorrow, by choosing what we sew today, keeping in mind the past weavings of our own, and of the world."
-A. Lewis
-A. Lewis
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