“Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.”
2007-03-09 07:34:12 · 15 answers · asked by jerald k 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Don't worry about the future because it hasn't happened and forget about the past because you can not change it. People dwell on things much that they get stuck and don't live life as well as they should. They traumatize themselves and see it as life just being shitty towards them.
2007-03-09 07:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Marius , II 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I recall a song whose lyrics roughly translated to the effect that you will never get anything before time and more than your fate. The first bit of this quote seems similar in meaning. Everything will happen if it has to or when it is destined to. There is also a hint at not counting on something which probably may not happen at all.
The second bit is about being practical and putting all past deeds, losses, gains, to experience and to be learned from. The past should not be a source of burden and negative emotions. If you cannot change something, you are better off not dwelling on it. For me (with all my share of past "misdeeds and missed opportunities") I try to reflect on my past with affection - if at all - and draw happiness from past happy memories.
Nature, the greatest teacher of all, keeps teaching us that night follows day and then day comes after night, the sun always sets and then rises again, leaves that fall in autumn will return in spring, he who is born will one day die, and everything happens it's time - and nothing can change that so better to live and thrive within it rather then resist, revert and in the process cause harm to self.
2007-03-09 23:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by shyguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try and live for the present and what is happening now in ur life rather than thinking about the future and regretting the past......
Most likely if all u do is think about the future u end up missing wuts imortant in the present which then becomes ur paast which u will regret because of not living in the moment..........
Live for now..not tomorrow...and forget or dont worry about yesterday(i dunno if that made sense)
2007-03-10 09:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by vOxNi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why get worked up about something that hasn't even happened or something that has already happened?
vainly regret - unhappy for no reason
anxiously hope - expecting something without patience
2007-03-09 15:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live for today. The present is what is important. The past is done and you can't do anything about it. You can't waste your time "worrying" about what may or may not happen in the future.
2007-03-09 15:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't dwell on the past, simply learn from it. Don't worry about what has not come to pass or is not passing right now. Live.
2007-03-09 15:42:48 · answer #6 · answered by Bobby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live in the Present.
2007-03-09 15:43:32 · answer #7 · answered by bichomau1965 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't expect so much in the future and don't feel bad for what has been in the past.
2007-03-09 15:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by angel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
live your life right now. don't worry about the past or anticipate the future.
2007-03-09 15:46:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't anticipate the future
don't dwell on the past
just live in the present
2007-03-09 15:44:21 · answer #10 · answered by Erica H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋