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There to Here to There
Striking a balance between the past, present, and future.
One of the main tenets of mindfulness is living in the here-and-now. Mindfulness is becoming aware of what you are thinking as well as what and how you are feeling. This applies directly to the present.
Yet the present is going to be impacted by the past in numerous ways. Further, when you are working on creating a life as you most desire it to be, much of that looks to the future. Reconciling this is a challenge in numerous ways.
The past has passed
There are way too many people and groups of people who strongly desire to go back to the past. A past that, overall, never actually existed.
This is what drives white supremacists and misogynists in their desires for a world they felt they dominated. That world they idealize never existed, despite their nostalgia for it.
The past has passed, no matter how you look at it. There is no going back, you cannot redo what has been done. No matter how you view time, whether linear, cyclical, or weebly-wobbly timey-whimey, the past cannot be returned to nor made into the present.
There are three options when it comes to the past.
