Present

Eternal Acceptance of the Present Mind Throughout the play, “The Valley” written by Joan MacLeod, there is a definite denial and avoidance theme taking place within all the relationships, but mostly there is a lack of acceptance for what is really happening in each of their lives. In the drama, by Charlie Kaufman, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind”, there is also a similar theme of unacceptance among the main characters Joel and Clementine, although they are lacking acceptance for…

today. According to Adam Kirsch The sense modernity is a concept that hides in our subconscious until something new has come along it is lost or until one looks at the past and realizes everything from the present isn’t there in the past. The definition of Modern is of or relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past. The definition of Modernity is the quality or…

The film, ‘About Time’, directed by ‘Richard Curtis’ highlights the importance of valuing time and the significance of savouring every moment. Tim, twenty one years old learns that he can travel back in time. He relives a series of moments, but learns that you can not always change what is meant to be. The film teaches viewers to not let their past define who they are because everything is meant to happen for a reason. It also adds to the concept of moving forward through tough times as dwelling…

while the wicked ones will bring regret and frustration. Usually a rotten past will affect life ahead by inhibiting an individual or emotionally corroding them. This is evident in Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited” as the development of Charlie Whales presents the inevitable to escape the past. In the beginning of the novel Charlie revisits a familiar city from…

In Sartre’s play No exit, he addresses the existentialism theme of the human as a temporal being that could never be disclosed in isolation. He consider human beings as much more than their actions in the present and past because these are only significant when associated to the future. By being disclosed to isolation, Sartre implies that we are responsible for how other people see ourselves and for our actions, which impacts not only in our lives, but in everyone else’s. The sense of the…

To arm an individual 's spirit takes integrity. No task is possible without integrity. To do the right thing even if it isn’t the easiest thing. To arm an individual’s spirit, they need to stop focusing on the problem and live in the present. They need to move out of the comfort zone and doing so preserver for larger later rather than smaller sooner. As shown in “Arming the Spirit”, it is those who have integrity and choose to use it who survive. It takes integrity to take the risk and move on…

There are two packages of time theories that attempt to explain, in a nutshell, what exists –that is, the past, present, or future? Here, we consider one of the two packages: the B-package. It has a few notable strengths and weaknesses. The strengths of this package is that it is implied by an important physics theory: the special theory of relativity and that it is able to account for past- and future-tensed sentences. A weakness of this package is that it is unable to account for the ordinary…

their explanations on the roles of memory and remembering. Memory refers to the ability to store information in the human brain and recall that information in the future. Memory has the ability to influence the manner in which people behave in the present. By remembering what one has learned, the individual does not need to learn the…

hard in the present there should also be the sprit or belief that it can be done. According to Shane Lopez, hope means the belief that the future be better than the present. Most people in the world are optimistic about the future which means most people of the world think their future is bright. But this is not real hope, it is optimism (Hope, Lopez). It is not bad if people are optimistic about their future but they should try to do something to make their future better than the present. If…

order to assist this client in coping with her stress in a positive way, Dr. Bugental applies the existential-humanistic approach throughout these two psychotherapy sessions. The existential-humanistic psychotherapy mainly emphasizes bringing the present moment into clients’ awareness and believes in human potential is an important element. (International Institute for Humanistic…