I walk up to a body on the ground, the body is trying to scream for help, SAVE ME!, gasping for air, clutching his chest, losing life by the second, as I stood there not knowing what to do, looking down in panic, in complete terror, the fright that I feel in my body temporarily paralyzes me and immobilizes me from attempting to save this man’s life, he whispers up to me as he begins to fade “how could you watch me die and not try to save me? ”, as he took his final breath, I suddenly snap out of my momentary paralysis, I quickly dropped to the man’s side and decided that the only way that I could save this man’s life was by performing CPR, this was the first time I had to perform this maneuver, I mean I practiced on a few dummies, but this was the real thing!, as I began to give CPR to the dying man, a woman emerged from the shadows and stopped me, she asked why, why what I said, she said “why would you save his life” was her response, do you realize that you are saving the life of a monster that has plans on killing you, Me? Why would he kill me?, how do you even know this man, her response was “because I know YOU! ”, this man’s name is The Past Life, every time you have tried to move forward, he has done everything in his power to pull you back, he knows all of your weaknesses, your fears, your flaws, your regrets, your failures, he has been killing you slowly because you’ve been too afraid to let him die!, you will never find love, you will never find peace, you will never prosper if you allow him to live, I unwillingly peeked in the shadow to see that his face was mines, this woman was telling the truth, a tear fell down my face because I finally realized that the reason I was dying was because I let my killer live too long, it’s either me or him, the woman reminded me that if he lives, I die, as I looked forward at the life I’ve always wanted, I made the painful but needed decision, I got off the ground, dusted myself off, took one more look at the past life, and walked away letting him die, the woman smiled and said “I’m happy you made the right choice ’, she extended her hand, I grabbed it cautiously, but before I could move, I asked her for her name, she smiled happily and said, Your Future. 💘