Sentence 1: Jim lived too much in the past. 
 Sentence 3: His children worried about him 
 Sentence 4:  They tried to distract him with stories they had just experienced 
 Sentence 5:  But Jim couldn't escape the trap of his mind 
 Option 1: He loved retelling old stories, ignoring the future. 
 Option 2: He loved retelling old stories, ignoring the present.