One Apple A Day #581 - back to the future
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." — Heraclitus
Two weeks ago, I moved into my family's home. I left this house 18 years ago and this small town four years later. After that, I've been to many places, I've lived in a few different countries, I've met many fantastic people, and I've been blessed with a lot of incredible experiences. Some good, others not but all have contributed to me becoming who I am today.
And now I'm here, again. Everything should be familiar around here. But it's not. From the very first moment, I felt a weight on my chest. Something was off, but I couldn't understand what. It took me a while to realise that my mind was picking a few known inputs and trying to retrieve existing patterns from my memory. But it wasn't working. Those patterns are not mine anymore. New ones need to emerge. Only when I stop trying to go back, and I decided to move forward that weight started to lift from my chest.
In the end, we are born to move forward.
Literally.
The human gait is designed to propel a person forward.