Happiness…not in another place, but this place—not for another hour, but this hour.
– Walt Whitman
There have been places I have lived where I have been so miserable because of certain circumstances, that I try to run as fast as possible away from there. In looking back, I always find regret. Regret for what was, what could have been, what I should have done, and the list continues.
I have learned something in my years of being a vagabond, that living in the future or in the past is the worst thing you can do, for you will not find happiness in either. We must not waste the precious time we have living in another era, instead we must live entirely in our present, even when it is hard to fathom doing so. The few times I did this, lived in the present, during those dark periods of my life, were the times I have never looked back on in regret.
On a side note, however, we must not dwell too much on regret; that is living in the past, but with the added bonus of bitterness and negativity. Better to revisit old, cherished memories occasionally, and continue to make new ones.
– E.M.B.
The Poet Vagabond 