I was thinking about something tonight that really bothered me. Why is humanity so stuck in the past? We constantly let our past situations rule over us. These previous occurrences explode on us like grenades every time we pull that pin of the past. They haunt us incessantly, and we do nothing to rid ourselves of them. I think what really got me thinking about this was the song, “Belle of the Boulevard,” by Dashboard Confessional. In the video, a young woman is walking down Bourbon Street. As she walks, the road becomes more and more riddled with harassment. The constant character that appears every once in awhile is a little girl. The little girl is a metaphorical allusion of an innocent past. No matter what the young woman does, the little girl still lingers in the crowd. Eventually the lady finds her way on the street, and meets the little girl. I guess my thought is not so profound, except for one aspect. How many people never meet that little girl at the end of the street? How many people let their past become their future? They will never transcend normalcy, because they are content living in shadows. I don’t want to be just another person who wonders if they used the gifts they were given. I don’t want to be ruled over by past mistakes. Am I wrong for wanting to change the world? Am I wrong for thinking I’m capable of it? Am I wrong for being disgusted by people who are okay with never getting over their past? Maybe I am wrong. If that’s true, then maybe I like being wrong.
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