There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.
We're all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.
History often reads as a hard and grim experience. But people are remarkably resilient and funny, even when the going is very hard.
It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.
I write about modern people who share a deep sense of connection to the mysteries of the past. I find that I understand myself and my world better when I'm able to peer into history as a mirror.
Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.
The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.
My past seems to be way more fascinating for people than my future, which bums me out.
What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.
Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.