The past has already happened. The future is yet to be. All any of us has is the present moment.
To quote Master Oogway: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called
the present."
And, to quote Po:
Skadoosh.
Interestingly, religions which have a lot to say on the topic of life between conception and birth seem to be rather quiet on the period before conception.
Well, I'm no expert on religions but I have seen
The Exorcist quite a few times so...
Buddhism (and any religion that contemplates reincarnation) must concern itself greatly on the period before conception because it's basically the state we living are in at the moment. We're all waiting to die and be reborn, so technically we haven't been conceived (again) yet.
Then, I seem to remember there's a concept in Jewish lore about a place called the Chamber of Guf (which is not a Zaku! Not a Zaku!) which is located in the Seventh Heaven (that's the place Jessica Biel and Beverly Mitchell lived, together with the chick from Star Trek IV and the guy who merged with V'Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and is - as I understand - the divine equivalent of a Swiss bank vault. Basically, all the souls that have ever been made by God are there and when it's emptied, the Messiah comes along and it's Universe Reboot Time.
Now, I learned of those concepts through the highest authorities possible (there was this movie with Demi Moore and Michael Biehn) but most religions have an understanding that the human soul is
very ancient. All Abrahamic religions do have this concept in some form, with the underlying theme that every human is inherently unique and precious (yeah, should explain that to some practitioners) and the existence of each and every one of us has officially been decided at the moment of Creation.
Which would explain why sometimes I feel so old.
And that's where I stop, because the Basement beckons.