a wise man told me that the past is only something that is forgivible but not ever shoud it be forgetable. another wise man told me that to embrace my future im must forget my past. this is contradicting dont you think??? what is your opinion???
2006-09-23 11:19:22 · 9 answers · asked by torch_flameon 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The past helps to make you who you are today.If you forget the past you could make the same mistakes over.Never forget the past with the past you know what changes you need to make for a better tomorrow. "Live and Learn" Live for today because the future is not guaranteed! The past and the present is all you have!
2006-09-23 11:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by viper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two opinions are contradicting yes, but only more so if they came from the same person.
Philosophy is a view that is held by one, and everyone has a different philosophy and view on life.
Some believe the past is the most essential part of our lives. I believe it shapes us.
Some believe the future is the most essential. It is where we will grow and expand, make our choices and meet our sucess or demise.
I, personally, think both views are right. Remember your past, embrace your future. You need to go through the past and gain experience, and cherish the lessons you'll learn throughout your various mistakes. Then, you need to take your past (which you haven't forgotten) and use it to properly progress in your future as a sucessful individual.
2006-09-23 18:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hey torch_flameon, I really like your wise man saying. It couldn't be more true!
I'm an old guy now, and have many and varied memories of my past. During adolescence I began to get "discoveries," or "realizations" that propelled me from my old self into a new one. This process caused depression. A wise man told me that the depression was simply my fear of giving up the old me for a new one. As I look back on the past, with familiarity and nostalgia, I consider each old me as a "shell" of who I have become. I haven't forgotten, in the least, who I was in the past. I'm eternally thankful for the continuous learning and discovery these incidents have disclosed. Even though the "old me" evolves, I can never forget the "shells" of who I was. I feel no contradictions, only steps into adulthood and beyond, paid for by discovery, depression, recovery and evolution. Are we alike?
We are, in my opinion."
2006-09-27 15:31:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both wise men are correct.
The lesson to be learned here is that one must strike a balance between past, present, and future. Having a correct balance allows us to become wiser, more successful, and more rounded individuals.
You see, the past should never be forgotten, for it makes us who we've become. The past has given us lessons. The past has educated us and it permits us to see where we've been. It is our foundation, both at the personal level as well as at the societal level. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it is the past that makes us wise beyond our years. That is, if we incorporate the past in the proper proportion.
Without our past, there would be no future. This not to say that we should not live for a better tomorrow, a better next year, or even a better life decades down the road.
It is important to live for today... because today is the truest sense of reality. Everything else is either hindsight or foresight. Right? What you live today will become tomorrow's past.
How one embraces their future is extremely important though. For everything we did yesterday, and everything we do today, in essence, is all in the name of a better future. Better house, better job, better community, a better Earth, a better retirement.
All of this goes back to what I said in the first paragraph above. We must incorporate the proper balance of past, present, and future in everything we do.
This my two cents on the subject. Good luck!
2006-09-23 18:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by Terry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether we are able to forget the past or not isn't always our choice, and even those people who claim to have forgotten their past still have the subconscious residue of it in their minds.
The past is who we are so we can never fully forget it, only forgive ourselves and others for making it more regretable.
The 1st wise man was correct, and the 2nd man was not very wise in what he told you, because to fully embrace one's future, one must fully embrace one's past, so we must do actually the opposite of what this man told you.
The more we have accepted our pasts, the more we can embrace our futures.
2006-09-23 18:45:54 · answer #5 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first wise man was correct. If we do not take the time to learn about the past we are doomed to repeat it's mistakes. I suggest any history book written prior to the 1960's, and whatever you do don't pay a bit of attention to any history, esp American history being taught to you by any leftist commie college professor. Happy learning.
2006-09-23 18:30:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second wise man is either crazy or full of it. You can't forget your past, but hopefully, you can understand it.
2006-09-23 22:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by lidlolady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's one thing to not forget the past...it's another thing to be able to stop having it be in the forefront of your thinking (trying to resolve the past) and as such preventing you from capturing the possibility of the future.
2006-09-23 18:28:54 · answer #8 · answered by flignar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to never forget the mistakes you've made - to learn; the second to not hold on to the past and to always move forward.
Contradicting? Give it some thought.
Oh yeah and O'Doyle rules.
2006-09-23 18:28:06 · answer #9 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋