my oh my, what a day.

[beatific_]

the past tense kills.

i'm not quite sure what it kills, or what that means for that matter, but it sure as hell does.

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[gluteousmaximus]

"the past tense kills....i'm not quite sure what it kills, or what that means for that matter, but it sure as hell does." I don't know how you mean it, but i would have to agree entirely. It kills the present by trapping you in the past, a better past that you want to re-live so badly that you forget to how to live in the present. Then you die. That is how the past tense kills, at least in my mind.

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[beatific_]

the past is never hollisitically the best-- otherwise it wouldn't be the past. the only way to grow is up and toward the light. it takes us all a different amount of time to figure out which way is up, of course, but we're always headed in that direction (even if some of us take the route that doubles back a bit).
and there's much more to life than regreting and dying.
i'm calling you soon. there's a lot to talk about.

[caroline__no]

I hear that dude.

[kjell_bjarne]

you don't feel memory is important?

[beatific_]

oh no, m'dear, it certainly is. the most influential thing in a human life (did you read that ortega essay i posted a while back?). i just wonder if it's a good thing to focus on it quite so much as many of us do... whether once you've figured out a way to move on you should keep analyzing or does it just start to hurt everyone involved.
there's a particular situation in mind, in case you hadn't guessed ;)
but no, this was meant to reference when people use the past tense in some conversational contexts. the idea that something has ended isn't usually a cheerful one for me-- i always prefer to leave myself open to more experiences, so the past tends to be difficult to work with.

[_deciduous]

*ponders*