Monday, June 21, 2004
Past and Present
Consider this situation. A driver and his passenger stopped at the traffic light. Obviously the light was red.
Passenger “ Why do you stop?”
Driver “It is red light.”
Passenger “So you must stop the car?”
Driver “Yes.”
The light then turned green and the drive put on gear and moved on.
Passenger “ Why are you moving? You should stop”
Driver “ It is now green light”
Passenger “But you just said that it was red light?”
Driver “It was red, but now it is green”
Passenger “But I clearly heard that you said red.”
Driver “It was red. It is green now”
Passenger “So you did said red. Didn’t you said red?”
So the argument continued ……
We normally react to situation demand and change our action when the situation changes. Just like the driver above.
Sometimes we behave like the passenger above. The past lingers on and stayed on our mind. We cannot adapt to the change and we are reluctant to change our action and behaviour to suit the new situation. We are blinded by our love or hatred for the past that we intentionally ignored the present. The past lingers on and become blurred with the present.
We remember the past. But we need to move away from the past into the present and look forward to the future.
Passenger “ Why do you stop?”
Driver “It is red light.”
Passenger “So you must stop the car?”
Driver “Yes.”
The light then turned green and the drive put on gear and moved on.
Passenger “ Why are you moving? You should stop”
Driver “ It is now green light”
Passenger “But you just said that it was red light?”
Driver “It was red, but now it is green”
Passenger “But I clearly heard that you said red.”
Driver “It was red. It is green now”
Passenger “So you did said red. Didn’t you said red?”
So the argument continued ……
We normally react to situation demand and change our action when the situation changes. Just like the driver above.
Sometimes we behave like the passenger above. The past lingers on and stayed on our mind. We cannot adapt to the change and we are reluctant to change our action and behaviour to suit the new situation. We are blinded by our love or hatred for the past that we intentionally ignored the present. The past lingers on and become blurred with the present.
We remember the past. But we need to move away from the past into the present and look forward to the future.