The 20th century philosopher , Billy Joel, once said: “The King and the Queen went back to the green but you can never go back there again”. No truer words have ever been spoken. Some members of my therapy groups are stuck in the past. They long to re-create a period in their lives, or even just a fleeting moment in time, that gave them great satisfaction. Toward that end, they pay a price for their vain attempt to make it live forever. These members miss an opportunity for spontaneous emotional connections with others in the group and the opportunity to be alive to experience life in the present. I tell them: “You can’t recapture a moment”. The irony, of course, is that the treasured moment does live forever– even if only as a memory. Or in the words of another contemporary philosopher, Paul Simon: “Everything looks worse in black and white”.
You Can’t Recapture A Moment
By Robert S. Pepper, Phd.|2016-02-10T06:16:03-05:00February 9, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on You Can’t Recapture A Moment
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About the Author: Robert S. Pepper, Phd.
Dr. Pepper has been running groups for over twenty-five years and specializes in group therapy. He has a special gift in helping member's resolve conflicts with.