Living in the past

"Don't live in the past! Move on and look to the future!"

Most of us would have heard this statement in one form or another before. But how true is this statement?

All of us are constantly living in the past. Our brain is filled with thoughts, mostly of memories from the past. The intensity of our feelings increases as we are invoked by memories or feelings from the past. Our whole character is being moulded by our past experiences. Our past affects the way we look to the future.

How can we not live in the past?

Ironically, the more we try to forget about the past, the stronger the memories become.

Maybe we can only experience the present and the future once the present and the future becomes the past.