Past and the Present

The correlation between the Past and the Present and the way people choose to treat the former.

Some people harbor a tremendous and seemingly legitimate ingratitude for the past, which is partly originated from the ignorance, whether intended or unintended, about the simple, yet vital fact that it is from the past that the present and the future are shaped and partly from the ‘trepidation’ and ‘shame’ that the past instills in them. These people, consequently, do endeavor in their utmost will to detach themselves from that past with a ‘judicious’ view to settling in peace or to safeguarding the present from being garbled and blemished by whatever belongs to the “hometown of disgrace”. 

Some defend that to live the Present is to live fully or the Past is the Past, there is no use lamenting over it, etc. Yes, all of those justifications could not be but cherished in colossal consent. Still, it is just a matter of time before one with mediocre intellectual is able to point his finger at the tenuous veneer worn on by those and at the irrelevance of the subject addressed. It would be an ever-lasting argument about the way people treat the Past and how they make excuses for their doings.

Suffice it to say that the past is immutable, through which nothing could penetrate. Thus, it would be nothing sort of a futile and somewhat lethal attempt to declare an internal fight- that within a self, to repudiate and evade the Past. The enemy is but the past-self �" the inner-most part of people with which would certainly be confronted if one were to join in the fight. When faced with this part, the one with negative thoughts is expected either to slam it shut or, more brutally, to drown it to death. There is, however, no point in denying the fact that this part, no matter how hard anybody tries, would cling firmly to the present-self, not to say that it is the root from which the present develops.

Furthermore, how one treats the Past is the nutrient that nurtures the Present: how great or tiny the Present would become depends mostly on the abundance of this nutrient; the more respectful one cherishes the Past, the more luxuriant the nutrient can be molded, the more deeply the root entrenched.   What one was in the past does not always have to be what one is in the present; nonetheless, both what one was in the past and the way one chooses to treat this span do shape what one would become.

 

Author's Note

I do not expect everyone to like and even comprehend my work since I know some of the sentence is very long and redundant. The idea might be vague. But I would really be grateful if you could spare your precious time to read and give some comments. If you happen to find something novel and interrealted to what have come across your mind before, please tell me. We might share some rare views! ^^ Thanks anyway.

Reviews

[Vishuddha]

If we accept our mistakes we can learn from them and not make the same mistake in the future. If we "detach, repudiate and evade", we learn nothing and do not grow. To "shut down or drown" the past is to "shut down or drown" ourselves.
We cannot stop time. We cannot stop development. We cannot change the past. Forgiving ourselves brings warmth and light, nurtures strength, allows the "root to become more deeply entrenched". What you say is wise.
The life we live is a living entity. It flows from the past and brings us to a crossroad of choices. The directions we choose create the future. What you say is wonderful.

I write poetry because it insists on brevity and I, like you, have a tendency to go on and on. It has helped me to remember that the human mind is a small thing and can accept only one idea at a time. I hope you continue writing.

[A. Amos]

I love the title and the whole read good work my friend