This would be neat...

I think it would be neat to be able to talk to a younger version of yourself - to see how we thought and processed things. With memory of course we could infer we thought in such a way but we'd never be exact. We've developed so much with age and experience you never see the same thing the same way twice.

There's a theory that discusses this, James' stream of consciousness (for those of you who can't stand james or memories of history of psyc my apologies lol). James (1842-1910) argued that our thoughts and experiences are like a water stream never repeating, forever flowing, never having the same thought or experience twice. Once a thought passes it goes down the stream never to happen the exact same way again.

With each passing experience we become different people. I believe each experience we have makes us who we are, no matter how small. In my current fascination with who I was as a baby, a child, and an adolescent, I do not want to go back in time - I'm good with my current path and moving toward my bright future. I want to just gather a fuller undertanding of myself - seeing what I as a baby saw, experienced, see who I thought I was as child and the numerous experiences I had.

I love hearing about what I was like when I was growing from family. I love hearing what I was like as a baby or hearing that when I was a toddler I had such a dislike for clothes that I would rather be naked but still wore socks - i must have loved socks (as I still do to this day) and still needed to be wearing those lol.

I find life itself such a fascinating thing - the experiences, the thoughts we have - I think about this almost on a regular basis (probably why I'm studying it now). I love finding out how our past experience mold who we are today - good and the bad - we grow and learn from both.

Not only do I think about my past but I also think about my future. What will it be like when I'm 40 or when I'm 70 or older. What kind of experiences will I have, what kind of person will I be?

Although I have my interests in the past and the future, in the present, I can be very much in a moment. It is my goal to take in each experience, really appreciate the beauty of life...it truly is a gift.

Here's to the past, present and future and the lessons we continue to learn.