How much of this is so true that when people say “oh how the times have changed“ or “things are not the way they used to be”, how much of these statements are indicative of our own internal experience of our life now, compared to what it used to be.

Almost implying as if the good times have passed, now only left are the memories of what used to be. This sentiment seems to emphasize, insinuate, or carry on a sense of grief or loss.

I suppose one could say that this is a symptom of depression or of looking at our circumstances with the glass half empty. Or we can take the perspective from an existential point of view of ‘what is life now asking of me’; and perhaps as a sign and indication that life is asking of you to continue building memories that are as worthwhile and as meaningful as the illusion of those memories that one seems to dwell upon from their past.

This also reinforces our agency to re-create those same connections that still remain possible, within our reach, and within our willingness to discover them.

Nothing in the past continues into the future. Nor are we enslaved to our past, or identified by our past mistakes. However, we may be informed by the past on how to create a future that is most aligned with our values and deepest sense of joy and fulfillment.

I only hope that we continue to look at the future from a cup half full perspective or that even if it’s still half empty that both possibilities still share in that essence of meaning.

I refuse to believe that meaning is contingent on any one thing of the psychic or somatic, or material; and choose to believe as I have also experienced, that it transcends the duality of the binary human composite, and that it provides a deeper understanding that transcends the superficialities of life.

If we live and operate from this depth of understanding of ourselves and depth of perception, in understanding the world, purpose and fulfillment may be more long lasting, consistent, and wisdom-informing in one’s ability to navigate, and to respond to the challenges of life.

May Logos be thy aim, as in Logos we remain.

(c)2024 John Piedrahita