Think about the last time you were scared, what happened? Chances are, you made it.
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We fear the future will mirror our past, because we are born to believe that history repeats itself. But human beings are not history, they reinvent themselves instead of repeating themselves.
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
Who really can face the future? All you can do is project from the past, even when the past shows that such projections are often wrong.
The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.
There was only present, and it was infinite. The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn't drive us mad.
The past is made out of facts. I guess the future is just hope.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
The future you have, tomorrow, won't be the same future you had, yesterday.
It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.
The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.
We’ve been so busy trying to rewrite our own pasts, we’ve blighted their present.
Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You...Be Free...Share.
Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
— Rafiki, amazon.com
The passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation. There are some people who are so blighted by their past, so warped by experience and the pull of that silken cord, that they never free themselves of the shadows that live in the time machine.
I just want to go to sleep and wake up as the person I used to be.
Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.
The only way to make peace with who you are is to make peace with your past. Explore your childhood. Your history. It brought you here and it made you who you are; but is this you at your fullest potential? Do you see love in everything? Is this your purpose?
Your past may have built you, but it never reduced you.
I believe in moving on and looking toward a brighter future, but you can’t move on unless you acknowledge the past. To not do so is an act of disrespect.