The past is a garbage｜過去は生ゴミ

(日本語は下部参照)

"The past is garbage" by Kaoru Nakajima from his book.
It sounds pretty cruel; however, it really means that "we should not be caught up by our past." In fact, bad memories from my past are burden. It is good to remember my good memories; however, I often caught up with them and wish I can go back in time.

A majority of people (at least in Japan) try to hang on to good memories and cannot easily forget bad things that happened to them in the past.

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「過去は生ゴミである」( by 中島薫 ”始めるのに遅すぎることなんかない！”から)
このかなりシュールな一文。意味を理解した時なるほどと思った。
「過去は生ゴミ」・・・簡潔に言えば過去に捕われるなと言う事らしい。

過去にとらわれ過ぎる・・・つまり、悪い記憶に惑わされたり、良い記憶にしがみついていると前に進めなくなるということ。時間は戻る事は決してない。故に、自分にとってマイナスな過去は役に立たない。生ゴミと同じなのだ。だから捨てられなくとも心の奥底にしまうべきとのこと。
そして良い過去は懐かしむだけで終わるより、同じ様な良い事が起こるよう努力するのがよいとのこと。(中島薫さんの受け売り）。

後ろ向いては前にまっすぐには進めない。だから、ちゃんと前を向いて未来に向かって進む。生ゴミは捨ててしまい、まだこれから来る良い出来事を捕まえるために両手を空けておこう。

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"The Past is a garbage." (by Kaoru Nakajima)
It sounds pretty harsh, but it really means to not get caught up with your past.

When you are being trapped in the past, both good and bad memories, you are most likely unable to go forward with your life. Life does not rewind; therefore, it's the best to forget about the bad past, which only has a negative effect on you. For the good past, wouldn't it be better to try to make even better things to happened to you, instead of thinking back and missing about it?

Because it is almost impossible to walk straight backward, let's walk looking ahead. Let's leave our garbage behind, and look forward to the good things that is yet to come.