Living in the present. Time spent on dwelling over past happy moments is time wasted. The only reason I could imagine for looking into the "happy" PAST so is b

Living in the present. Time spent on dwelling over past happy moments is time wasted. The only reason I could imagine for looking into the "happy" PAST so is because I'm not happy NOW. But if I'm not happy now, dwelling over the past isn't going to fix it. Instead I should rather think about what's bothering me now and what it'll take to change the situation. I've found out [through experience] that it's also useful to talk with strangers, people who aren't "tainted" by my view of the world and don't have an interest in whatever course of action you take. Independent perspective. By "Living in the present" I don't mean to totally forget the past -- you need distilled past experiences for further success in life [learning,yay!]. But when past becomes a refuge in hard times for some person, it's as if that person gave up his/her life. They become "living dead" in a way.