The past is all gone. Closed book. If you are fighting for a righteous cause today, it is irrelevant that you may have had (or still have) a struggle with alcoholism, got divorced three times, dropped out of college when you should have stayed, hurt that business partner with a breach of trust, or self-harmed your way through your teenage years. Those traumas and trials can all be processed to turn the sh*t into manure and roses. Just keep fighting today for what is righteous, because you know it is right. The clue is in the name!
I've worked with addicts in recovery both within the prison system and in outpatient programs...many of them have more hope for themselves than anyone they know. Many of them have a faith in God stronger than the faith their families have in them. They always have this phrase, and I don't know where it comes from, but I adopted it in mynother work too because its completely relevant "Don't stop fighting until the miracle happens"...With that idea alone, we are all fighting for our own salvation and that of others in some way or another. I think that's about as righteous as one could ever get.
