In the Now

Nostalgia is so tempting, so comforting to sink into. It has already happened. There are no unexpected twists or turns. Even bad moments distort into something safe. That's the danger. The present will never be as the past. The future will never be as this moment. All life is change. Idolizing some past version of ourselves, of our lives, stunts forward progression. Creates an image that can never again be achieved. Life was so good then .... I looked so good then ... these are dangerous utterances. Life will be good again. But it will be so in a different way. No two moments exist as clones. Both backward and forward looking remove us from the now. Show times that can never again exist, build scenarios and thus expectations for times that have not yet come. Goals are positive to have, but when a future life is constructed so that if it does not end up being built to exact prior specifications happiness is unobtainable, then happiness will be unobtainable. So live in the moment. Take the associated risks. Create a wonderful future without thinking about it. Just do it by living the now to the fullest. Go get 'em.