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!
Amen, I needed to read this today. I get trapped into pointlessly ruminating over the past, as if my mind's a sadistic TV channel showing the same disturbing rerun. I'm all for reflecting on the past for lessons learned, but not where a memory comes to the surface and makes me cringe and feel disgusted with myself all over again.
