Past, Present, and Future

"Every cloud has a silver lining."
-Unknown

"Hey old friend, together
Side by side and year by year
The road was filled with twists and turns
Oh but that's the road that got us here.
Let's move past the bad times
But before those memories fade
Let's forgive but not forget
And learn from all the mistakes we made"
-Hairspray Cast

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
-George Orwell, 1984

What's one thing every living person has in common, no matter how old and no matter how young? Their past molded them into who they are now, and they await the future to see who they will later become. Everyone changes either physically, emotionally, or spiritually. In my opinion, the three quotes listed above connects to everyone in the world in some way or another.

For me, an optimistic lifestyle is the way to go. No matter what has happened or what will eventually happen, I always try to accept the fact that something good(despite its size) will come my way.

Do you ever just find yourself remembering anything and everything that's happened to you? One of my best friends and I often talk about our past together. Whether our minds take us to the most blissful or the most troublesome memories we possess, it's important for us to keep them. I truly believe that people are not different because of how they look, but rather how they have grown up. Every decision made turns us into someone unique. Only one person will ever follow the exact same path.

The last quote, which appears in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, doesn't so much represent me as it just expresses an idea which I find intriguing. Obviously, those who lived in the past have shaped the future into what it has become. As far as present-day people controlling the past is concerned, I'm not sure how that works. In the novel 1984, however, a political party really does control the past. They either destroy all evidence of the past, or they alter any kind of written documentation of a past event. While that seems a bit extreme to me, who knows what kinds of alterations today's society could make to past records. Whatever the end result, you can be sure that our future was somehow shaped by the past.