What's wrong with letting the past dictate the future?

Jonathan

Member
Everything in life is a cycle and so life repeats itself so I don't see what the deal is wrong with letting the past dictatet the future. With knowing I am a screw up and accepting the fact that I'll always screw up time and time again and make people mad and disappoint others and myself. Forgiveness of myself is impossible because I will continue to hurt others and myself by my actions and my behavior. Intentions don't mean anything when the action itself results in something bad. I could have good intentions and accidentally kill someone with lack of knowledge or information. That doesn't change what happened. So anyway yeah I think the term good intentions doesn't stand for anything because stuff will happen no matter what people do or think. I'm 23 and a very deep thinker but yeah life can be a vicious stormy cycle.
 

RichardB

Member
I believe that it is better to learn from the past rather than to return to it and live it over and over again. Past experiences teach us how to build for the future so that old mistakes can be avoided. Of course, new mistakes will be made; but that is the way we learn about life and how to live in harmony with oursevles and with the world.

You are right that life can be stormy; but without those storms life would be mighty boring indeed.
 
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