Hatrack River Forum: Quit living in the Past?

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Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

One might argue that the farther in the past an event is, the less importance it holds. Seems to me that some things never mattered, and some things matter more and more every day or month or year.

Events flow backwards as we ply up the river of time. Some of the events sink to the bottom and become sediment that shapes the basin of history. But some of the events float to the top, and slowly they coalesce into larger parts of history, flotsom and jetsum become natural dams. Until way back, at the end of the river of time, the place where all events arrive (or derive) eventually, there is only one distinction between what is the lake of potential, and what is the island that forms the beginning of the universe. And that is what has happened yet.
[Big Grin]

Now how sappy is that? [Wink]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

[Smile]

Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :

I like living in the past. At least I know what's going on there...

Posted by Amanecer (Member # 4068) on :

Occasionally looking at the landscape and seeing how everything flowed together is a great exercise. I think it gets more problematic when you're more concerned about tracing the history of the sediments than you are about making new ones.

*hopes I didn't butcher the analogy*

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

ICEBERG! RIGHT AHEAD!!! [Eek!]