Unsaid, unwritten, some chapters in life have a way of closing themselves, incomplete. We aren't sure if we are done yet, but move on thinking what's done is done and can't be undone. Years, months, weeks later, we suddenly remember. A blast from the past, a ghost returns to haunt us, taunt us. And suddenly, the present becomes a hazy mist as our feet take us back to where it all started from, where the tale lies untold and the embers continue to unfold...
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, life has a way of going round and round before coming full circle. Suddenly we find the past staring us in the face, seeking answers to questions we may have run away from...
Its magical isn't it? This ability of life to hold us accountable, the conviction with which it expects us to remember and the means with which it makes us aware. Just because something is over, doesn't mean its done with. Maybe you forgot the appendix to that chapter, or maybe you forgot to run your spellcheck, but in the word processor of life, we sometimes do get to review - to change, undo, or simply relive and cherish what we left behind:-)
Past-present, time-space, these are strongly inter-related concepts even though one is defined by philosophy and theology while the other is posited by Physics. Ever heard of Deja vu? The dictionary defines it as the feeling of already having seen the present. How do you rationalize it? How do you logify it? If not for the circle, how did we run into a situation that has already happened? Well, this is getting even more complicated and all I wanted to do was a simple entry before hitting the sack!
Ok lets get cracking. Lets start with a basic assumption and definition - the social sciences in my universe are also "sciences"; and within social sciences I choose to include Theology and occult, subjects which I don't know much about but believe that a lack of knowledge doesn't give me the authority to label these as unsceintific.
So lets start with the simplest possible case study - you, your present. Your current station in life is a direct/indirect outcome of a number of factors - your education, your occupation, the people in your life, etc. In most part however, your past, what you did in the last few years, in the years before that, yesterday, today morning, define who you are today, right now. Talking rhetorically, therefore, the past presents cues, answers, solutions, definitions to questions, issues, debates, events that may be making/marring/defining your present. and to the extent that you need the present to link up with a valid/solid/pleasant/wanted future, sometimes you may need to turn back, reflect, re-assess, address and resolve your past to define your future and move on from your present.
Turning back, then, may not be a step back; maybe its just a rain-check, a rewind button that you hit to ensure a seamless recording for what lies ahead.
You know its a very powerful feeling, to know that you may have messed up but its possible to fix it. Maybe, sometimes all you need to do is face it. Maybe, all it needs is a simple "sorry" or a "thank you". Maybe you moved too fast, and all you need to do is turn around. Or maybe it was the perfect ending to the chapter, but that doesn't mean you can't write another one! Afterall, perfection is what you define it to be, come on just humour me and take it to another level this time around - you never know what you may end up creating. I mean, at one point of time they thought DOS was perfect, but that didnot stop Microsoft from redefining what a user-friendly OS could be like - aka Windows! Ok, am not a sure fan but MS certainly re-defined the boundary of operating systems when it came to user-friendliness!
This one is about second chances. About home-coming, about lessons learnt from the past to make the future worth living. This one is about the circle called life..Of course, some may prefer to call it the "circus" of life, but we'll leave that one for another day!;-)
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