Every single passing day
adds to the list of the compendium which we call the ‘past’. This single word
is often called to refer to something which hasn’t been pleasing for one. It is
a word which refers to the time which has elapsed but search for its meaning in
the dictionary and you would come across an explanation which says it refers to
a period which a person intends to keep secret. Instead it is merely a time
which has passed. Ask someone about his past and he frowns upon the subject
assuming we intend to know about something backpacked and thrown at some corner
of grey matter occupying his head. We need not intend to probe about the dark
spells of his life but the word brings to him some dreaded memories. Why is it
so? Is it merely the constant use of the word to relate to things gone wrong in
the passed days that makes it a horrific reference? Everyone believes that what
they did in the past could be improved upon in the time to come but what we did
in the past is really that wrong? While in present we do not necessarily weigh
every situation and action for its correctness, sometimes we just do what we
feel is the best at that time and which gives us the needed joy for the moment.
We should take the onus to make sure what we do in the present wouldn’t be
categorized into that bucket of unwanted memories called past. While we enjoy
our life to the fullest and to the best we can today, we mustn’t forget that
with every passing moment we keep adding pages to the book of life. Past is
something we should be proud of; it is the best teacher and you keep picking
lessons from your past which none else can provide you. We treasure
materialistic things and often are ashamed of the things which went wrong in
our past. Success or failure in education, career, relationships, and life
shouldn’t be determined by whether you accomplished the purpose or not; instead
it should be awarded on whether you tried or not. Past is often viewed with a
token of disgrace and given the value it adds to our life, it deserves a bit
more respect and consideration from us. Be proud of what you hold and let go
the grudges for what you couldn’t.
