Adnan Farooqui

A sentence that has my firm and unshakeable belief. A sentence that has sufficient universality and furthermore a sentence that sums up the entire series of unfortunate events relating to what life bestows on you.

People believe that time with itself washes away all the bad memories, the bad experiences, the obnoxious precedents etc.Yet always ignoring the fact that yes, there are experiences, there are precedents, there are events and most importantly there are certain memories that time can not erase.

 If time had the power of erasing every bad thing, if it had the power of healing all the wounds, if it had the power of making you forget every bad memory, if it had the power of enabling you to forget those crucial elements that are somehow linked with your life, in one way or the other, then there would be no remorse, there would exist no guilt, there would be no single person on earth singing melancholy tunes and furthermore there would not be people sulking over their bad memories or their past inclinations.

What is worth pondering over here is that why people tend to hold on to their past, to such an extent that it may prove to be harmful for their present as well as their future? Why one single mistake committed in the course of one’s life becomes so intimidating that it is perceived that nothing beyond that can be achieved?

I would not rule out the fact that we live in a world with 6 billion people, 6 people having 6 billion different ideologies and hence 6 billion answers to the questions asked above. What matters is that how you categorize and prioritize your life, it is not so that elements from the past or those which may have had any influence whatsoever on your life are essential for your survival in your future.

What some people need, is a change in the status quo, writing it into parliamentary terms, a move to bigger and better things rather than being stuck up with your past which may eventually lead to a future which might not be as per your liking.

Past does hurt the present, and the future. How would I substantiate this claim of mine? Everybody must be aware of a very famous saying that is “Lighting never strikes the same place twice”. So if I am to perceive it as not making the same mistakes again, not being stuck up with elements from your past and looking forward to what good can be achieved in future and how people might prove to be more inclined, would actually result in a better present, and an excellent future.

I rest my case.