I love this classic series of movies - and I have introduced my kids to it - because the magic of time travel still fascinates all. There was a key lesson in this movie - about how much energy it took to transport yourself to the past - and then the constant battle of trying to "fix" your past and the impact it has on your future.
Have you ever thought about how much energy you invest in your past? In moaning and groaning about it - in making up elaborate new reasons why it happened that way - re-imagining what it could have been if you had done it differently?
It is a common thing for people to visualise their past and call it a memory - and often our minds play with that memory in different ways - playing and replaying it with various scenarios.
Why is it then such a stretch for people to engage in the act of visualising their future? Of using the same mechanism - but focussing the energy on the future.
If energy can be focussed in strength in only one direction at a time - then if the bulk of your energy is being spent looking back - very little is focussed on looking forward. The scene in the rear-view mirror is simply diagnostic - but it cannot be changed - no matter how you re-imagine you could have done it differently. By turning your focus on your past - you place your Back to the Future.
I suffer from the same affliction and it is a daily struggle to let go of the finished yesterday and rather imagine a yet unpublished tomorrow.
Face forward.
