We chose not only a place to live, but also a time. Most often it trails behind reality. Living in the past can be intoxicating. Soon the details are lost to the dream. In the end what we remember never existed.
History is lost to nostalgia.
Like a seductress, the past can tempt us to leave the present and forfeit our future. The paralyzing fear for many clinging to the past is moving into an unknown future. There's an irony in this. While we think we're moving into an elusive future, all we're actually doing is moving into the already existent present. All we have to do to discover the future is unwrap the present.