The sad truth
is that there really is no going back. No reliving the carefree days of our
youth. No recapturing the warmth of that first love. No returning to that time
in life when things seemed simple and calm and happy.
This doesn’t
have to be a bad thing. Sure, those days and circumstances are gone forever. Still,
always lamenting the present and idealizing the past will only lead to a
constant state of disappointment. Look to the future, and do so with the
knowledge that obtaining the past is impossible. Remember those moments,
cherish them in your memories, but do not expect them to repeat.
People change
with every minute of experience. Even if transported somehow into a treasured
memory, it won’t be the same, evoke remembered feelings. In the end,
disappointment will always follow. That’s why the future is so precious. There
is always hope that, somehow, things will become better. That no matter how
many times we are broken, changed, and still hurting, maybe just the simple knowledge
that our circumstances will eventually change is enough.
The past is
gone, the present is now, but the future is a possibility that has not yet been
tossed aside. We cannot go back, but we can push forward.
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