Life can only be understood backwards, but it can only be lived forwards.
[Life can only be understood backwards.
Kierkegaard Apparently. Unconfirmed
Connecting the Dots could be interpreted as another way of describing it.
a past (i.e. a personal history)
future tense
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
behind
Previous
Looking back soothes my anxiety.
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