future

The word future to me used to remind me of the word space as in outer "space". That was when I was younger I am not quite sure why but it did. Now when I think about the future I think about something right around the corner of what is the present tense. At night I think about the future quite a bit. I know that when it comes I will not even realize that it is indeed there. But what is opposite from the future is the past. And if people are concerned or anxious for the future, like myself, then why in my bedroom do I surround myself with memories from the past? They are pictures of my family and friends but why do the events they are at mean so much to someone? If you should constantly be looking forward, why am I constantly reminding myself of the past? The reason I have came up with is that, the future is black. You cant see it, so you dont know what it is. The past is safe so you remind yourself of that particular time, cause you have already lived it and there is nothing to worry about.

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Memories are important --vampirefastcode, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:41:10 -0500 reply
Memories are important, especially to the present. Memories and the past give us present and future experience. If you've gone through a drive-through food establishment a dozen times in the past, one would expect the script to follow out a certain way in the future when it comes to fast food transactions. We surround ourselves with the past because these things are what make up the present. The people you remember are important to you now, so you shouldn't forget them. Surrounding ourselves with memories is a way to externalize our memories, to give them permanence, something merely remembering in your head can't do. If that were the case, we wouldn't need to keep records and historical information.