The past, present, and future. You happy?

We all look to the future as some kind of thing that we bestow with grandeur, the future is everything, it’s what we want to be, our ideals, it is also – in every sense of the word, completely unrealistic. Why? Because you set the future up to be this amazing prospect; like you’ve reached something, some kind of goal, your poison, and once you’ve reached it, you’re going to be sitting there, revelling in your satisfaction, more content than ever. That is not true. Think back, have you ever reached a goal you set for yourself? Maybe you lost some weight; maybe you got that job you deserved by working a lesser job for a prolonged amount of time; perhaps you finally got a nice coffee at Maccas; point is, you endured hardship in any which case – not true hardship, relative hardship, but hardship in any case. Are you still happy? Do you now want more? Do you want a better coffee at Maccas next time? Perhaps you want the coffee to pertain to the same levels you expect it to from the past – that’s nostalgia, not happiness. Looking to the past is not happiness, it’s discontent with the present. It’s a vicious circle that we occasionally find purpose or happiness within. You’re effectively “longing for the past, looking to the future – but living in the painful present”, someone really smart once said that in history somewhere. I think it’s natural to want the past and that relays itself into the natural order that is parenting. As a parent you’re looking to the past and thinking about how happy you were as a kid, while your thinking this, your kids right next to you, and try this, just really try – to not want to give them the best life they can have at that particular moment. It’s natural to want to do so. Perhaps that is the purpose of everything. To relay what we have learnt to our children. I feel like no matter how many wise lessons we give them though – the world is still going to have problems. It’s unavoidable – in the present at least; but we look to the future, like I’ve said, hoping these problems will go away. They won’t. I think we’re working towards something bigger, but what is bigger? It’s just something we don’t have right now. So we hype it. We put it on a pedestal. We become anxious for it. It’s all we have – because we are no longer content with the present, the vicious circle. That’s fine. It’s an animalistic instinct we’re born with. I’m questioning it yes. But my questioning it is just me trying to derive some kind of purpose from my present; your reading this is your present too. I’m essentially relaying a lesson to you, from me, have I enriched your life? Made you question anything? I don’t expect to do so, but I hope I have. The present is painful if we’re not pursuing something. So reach the next step, the next goal you have….your purpose perhaps? GO GET THAT BETTER MACCAS COFFEE. But be prepared that it won’t be enough after long…It’s just a coffee – a euphemism for everything else you pursue. You’re going to want more – period. Be content with the fact you will always want more. That way you wont be discontent when you need it.