Be Yourself

The question of the past, the doubt about the future and the hoariness of the future is omnipresent in our lives. Any plans for the future almost always land one in the most unexpected places. The present is a rudderless ship. The past haunts, chides and presents phantasmagorical images of what-would-have-been presents and futures. Its almost like living in parallel worlds, only you are not living in any of them. And the reality has none of the allure. Do we learn anything from the past? Is experience all that vaunted as they make it out to be. Would the future be what we would like it to be, if we start acting on the present. Or learning is all a myth, and our actions are either pre-ordained or plain randomness. What if the anthropic principle is the grand truth-that this present is the best of all possible worlds. Then does the past has any significance. Do the intrinsic qualities of man define his actions or the social and environmental constructs play a larger role. Does it make any sense to adopt any philosophy or set of ideals and change one's psyche under such randomness. If there is no independency of the fundamental opposites then where do we decide to align oneself. Or is being rudderless, the way it was ordained to be. To make serendipity possible. Yes, maybe being yourself is the best decision that we can take under the circumstances. Atleast knowledge of the self wouldn't land one in any unknown shore or uncharted waters. Is there any answer?