The Future

Sometimes I wonder how I got here so quickly. It's like our brains have little switches that block out the past. All we get are fragments, little pieces of our life. Our lives slip by and all we can tell is that we have been there before. A memory, a reason for our actions. Some memories we can't recall, being born, being children. Our foundations are so important our brain blocked these off so that we couldn't mess with them. It's difficult for people to deal with the way they are. Everything we do is rational for some part of ourselves, otherwise we wouldn't be doing it. Sure it may seem silly to others, but that's why we are different from everyone else. Our social nature is due to the fact that we are as a people finding others who share our odd peculiarity and enjoying it with them. This is why there are universal identifications with others. Eating, Drinking, etc, are things that keep us alive and are therefore things that we all share in common. The foundations of being human. As children we learn to speak, how to share, how to deal with others. Can you remember a time when you didn't know how to speak? Unless you are feral, or have had a serious head injury, you probably didn't. The things we choose to cherish and the things we choose to fester, are only from our social lives. Although social doesn't have to mean with others, it also entails social with ourselves. Strong emotional moments, near-death situations are the things we remember most. It's scary and stressful to think about these things and yet our brain lets us do this constantly. But worse it lets us project the fears we have kept with us onto our present. This is both a safety mechanism, and at the same time for some people, a lifelong inhibitor. It tells us what could happen. What awful things could happen, or what amazing things could happen. For people that don't get pleasure from achievement or competition, many times this projection keeps them from doing anything dangerous. Which of course isn't always a bad thing. Yet it also creates a sense of fear, a strong desire not to deviate from safety. Our memories can control who we were, who we are, and who we will be. The past never catches up to us, it's with us either noticed or unnoticed.