The Past

Some say it is not worth it to brood about the past, that our energies are better placed hoping for the future. Others say that the past is gone, today is here, and the future is yet to come, that we should place our hopes in the present obeying Horace's immortal words 'Carpe diem... Seize the day'. All these opinions are wise, but sadly, they are not true. The future is bulletproof, and the present is the least happiest moment of our existence.
We came into this world innocent, but as time progresses fate strikes. The currents and tides of life hit us like a sea onto a coastal cliff, and in their retreat carry away with them some parts of us.
It is how we repair the dents, how we fill the gaps that have been washed away, how we put back together the pieces of our broken lives that makes us who we are. And that, fair reader, is the essence of the past.
Our greatest mistake is trying to shut out and forget our past, and by doing so we forget that the present is what it is thanks to the past.
The past makes us who we are, it moulds us, strengthens us, defines us, as an individual, as a family, as a community, as a nation and as a species. If you can learn from your past and be content with it, yours is the Earth and everything in it.