tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328420434690979453.post3330180738647954748..comments2024-03-06T16:53:46.922-08:00Comments on Trying to Gain Perspective: Leaving the Past BehindJ. Iliana Sernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226072390025896994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328420434690979453.post-56579198036984747092014-11-17T01:59:22.666-08:002014-11-17T01:59:22.666-08:00I really appreciate you reading this, and I'm ...I really appreciate you reading this, and I'm especially thankful for your very confusing ponderings. I had to read it several times, so I'm just going to address one issue at a time from what I understood.<br />First off, are you sure you didn't get a degree in philosophy? Because you sound very philosophical.<br />Second, can we define a life outside of our past? Well, for a very basic answer, I think yes. If you woke up with complete amnesia, you would still be living your life. I'm not really sure how life wouldn't be real, unless we start talking about a different topic entirely. But, we can discuss that more in depth if you like.<br />I guess "there" isn't really a destination. As long as we keep living, we'll never reach the end, just passing points that mark our life. And maybe you won't like it, but if you don't, then you get to keep moving onto something else until you find some form of happiness.<br />As for being free, I'm not sure the past is something we can ever be truly free from. Just my opinion, but my point was that it's something we can always look back to, something that can haunt us, make us feel guilty or sad or happy. How can you ever be free from that? Especially if the past is a continual thing.<br /><br />No need to apologize. I write to get people to think, which is exactly what you did, even though it confused me a lot. So, thank you for telling me what you really think (or at least trying to, lol). :)<br /><br />p.s. I look forward to discussing this (or other topics) with you further :)J. Iliana Sernahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226072390025896994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328420434690979453.post-85449985630761953092014-11-16T22:29:52.704-08:002014-11-16T22:29:52.704-08:00I really enjoyed this post, although I have but a ...I really enjoyed this post, although I have but a few concerns and a question: this topic is not uncommon and I agreed with a lot with what you said, especially when you said that it's about how you'll choose to handle it or what you'll choose to do next is what ultimately matters. But I'm not sure if I agree with your conclusion. Even if we decide either to walk away from it or confront it, the idea of our pasts hindering us from "living a life today" implies that there is a life to be had. Can we even begin to define such a life outside the bondages of our past, let alone have it be real? And if we ever do get there, where ever "there" is, who's to say we will like it? (You mention it as "walk[ing] to something that's better for your life".) <br /><br />I guess my point is this, the fact that we have pasts that become problems for us presently should be good enough reason to believe that there is a future life to be had where the past is no longer the past so as to be non-existent to us. In other words, we become free. The only question left then, would be this: once we're free, where (or even what) will be free to next? <br /><br />ok, I apologize if this sounds like nonsense (which it probably is), but you said to tell you what I REALLY think, so that's what I tried doing. <br /><br />OR I could've just been a casual passer-by and said, "ahh this is a good post, very thought provoking, thank you". Nothing would be that much different. (;<br /><br />Thank you, <br />Brandon (that guy who works at Hideout) Brandonhttp://the-others-become-fresh.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com