“Remember how important things seem at the time?  And we laugh about it now?  Can’t we imagine that it could apply to everything else as well?” Jack Lawrence. Following up on yesterday’s piece and how we build things up in our minds, this hits the nail on the head.  Whether it’s fear or the build up, like I said yesterday, we find that most of what we have on our minds isn’t that important in the long run.  Speaking as someone who spent a lot of time in fear and regret, I will 100% attest it’s a waste of time.  I remember and replay the incidents of my early teen years, things that wounded me so deeply at the time and I still feel that impact.  Yet I know every person involved in those stories has moved on and most of that crap is long forgotten.  For me as well—I’ve lived an entire lifetime since then filled with amazing things.  Why in the hell would I choose to stay stuck in the shitty moments that were indeed merely moments?

I can only imagine that we build the importance of specific events in our minds because the human mind is aware of the fact that all we have is now.  Even with the greatest imagination it can be difficult to fully envision  what the world has in store for us long term.  Life throws some curveballs—there is always the next thing.  Everything changes—good or bad, it all changes.  Every moment passes to the next one and we can’t stop it.  So rather than lament it or try to make everything we do perfect, simply LIVE.  Do the things we want to do and relish in life while we have the opportunity.  In the end we see it’s not that big of a deal and understand that we’d rather take the chance than not.  We can’t go back, we can only move forward and that doesn’t just apply to the moments that stand out to us—that is life.