I was flattered the last time when you asked me to write a guest post, but I did not know how to respond then and so just didn’t. Especially since I am not a fellow blogger.

I am again flattered today. And I think respectful might be the right word. It is you and the rest of the blogging community that takes a chance each time you write an article, putting ideas out for everyone to see. There have been so many times that responding in any situation in a personal manner have gotten me into so much trouble, i.e., crying at work, voicing an opinion deemed inappropriate, reactions labeled too emotional, it is a very opposite experience to have it valued. Thank you. Quite honestly, it is really the most natural thing for me to respond emotionally. It is only that which I have learned that can be what curbs me.

I will consider writing a post. Maybe I’ll ask you for a topic. Thank you again for your kindness, Evan.

I’m very glad to hear you have found a therapist who is working for you.

I can see I’m going to need to write something more about the past. I plan to do it in the coming week.

I really like, “Now, of course, one can’t completely put their life on hold, but I do think it is important to find out what you are taking with you with those future thoughts.” This seems very true to me.

Thank you once again for you comment – I always find that they touch me. I really like how personal they are. When you do feel you have the energy, would you be willing to write a guest post? I’m aware this may be months or years away and I don’t want to demand something of you. But I do think you are able to articulate your experience and reflect on it very well.

It sounds to me that you feel you are moving forward in dealing with the past. This is great to hear. Please let me know as you move along this path.

Thanks once again for leaving such a value packed comment.

As you know, I have been and am currently seeing a therapist that is finally teaching me things I need to know in order to sort out what goes on in my life.

So the past first. I don’t think anything that I do, say, think, feel, want, etc., even with the newfound awareness I have been given, is without element of the past. And in my own experience, very large influence. I also think it is a matter of going thru it all and finding out its relevance rather than only its influence.

I also think this all has to happen (or at least large chunks of it) before investing too much energy in thinking about the future. Let me tell you why. I carry the energy of the past into current action, whether I know it or not, whether I want it or not. I am currently working on releasing that energy in the form of idea, action, education, whatever. But if I were just to plow ahead and expend energy thinking about what is not yet, it seems I will take the unwanted things with me again. Just as I have in the past.

Now, of course, one can’t completely put their life on hold, but I do think it is important to find out what you are taking with you with those future thoughts.

In the last two years, I lost/left (it was a half and half situation) a job that I probably would not have, for survival reasons only. I knew that I could no longer hold the energy I needed to do that type of work. I did not want to take that energy forward, but I was stuck in it, for all kinds of reasons. When I tried other things for employment, I failed. I was in this past and had not done enough about it to see a future that was different.

I am still working on it so the future will not be carrying what I do not want to carry any longer. Only then do I think my focus will be clear enough to support future thinking that is beneficial, productive, balanced, working toward and with the unlimited nature of creativity.

Thanks for adding me to your blogroll, much appreciated.

I’m glad you like my content (this is important to me)

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Worrying and remembering do happen in the present. Remembering this has certainly helped me pay attention to what I’m doing.

I’m glad you liked my post.

Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment..

I think, from your post and Damien’s I’m going to need to do another post on the past.

Mark

Something I have mentioned to clients is that worrying and remembering actually happen in the present, it’s just that they are the present-tense acts of considering other times. So I try to reassure people in a small way that they always live in the present, even if they feel they have been living in the past. That can bring their awareness back to “right now”.

Nice entry, Evan.

Yes I do think embracing the past has benefits. Our past is a great resource for us to draw on. I didn’t say this, but I probably should have. I think if we ignore the past it is more likely to control it.

I’m very pleased that you like my site. It is very hard to know how what I do is received, so it’s delightful to hear. Many thanks for adding me to your Blogroll.

Any suggestions about my site or for post topics are most welcome, especially if you’d like me to explore a topic more or if you think I have missed something (maybe I should do a post on the value of the past) please let me know. I don’t know that I’ll have a useful response but I do guarantee to think about it.

Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your compliments.