Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- What we experience as the past is someone else's future memory.
- In plain terms
- The present moment will become the past that people in the future miss.
- What can you take from it?
- Today is tomorrow's nostalgia.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What will you miss about today?
- How do you want to be remembered?
Another view
It assumes future people will long for this specific past.
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