![We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MnFb4fMNSjc/X1uPGAwqPzI/AAAAAAAALHQ/u5dOB_AtDrInk-PN1oHBccMjgOsgTXMBACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-products-of-our-past-but-we-dont-have-to-be-prisoners-of-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: Past
![We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MnFb4fMNSjc/X1uPGAwqPzI/AAAAAAAALHQ/u5dOB_AtDrInk-PN1oHBccMjgOsgTXMBACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-products-of-our-past-but-we-dont-have-to-be-prisoners-of-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![I believe my past is my strength.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AoxM2enNR64/X0bES_JLPiI/AAAAAAAAC-4/p7WXUcP0TTEe9V9mkNOeTxtFye7PRkvSACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/i-believe-my-past-is-my-strength-quotes-by-michel-martelly-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-strength.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I believe my past is my strength.
![The past is never dead. It’s not even past.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8ZqCHJ6iqTU/X1uKJww7foI/AAAAAAAAKaU/bKzrpbANn_oFIXsyRGugu7Y54qvwvTb_gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-past-is-never-dead-its-not-even-past.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
![Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IbpNFYuk4no/X0bMadJ-BDI/AAAAAAAAEOk/Pc119bodYj4Svbj_2mpjRRrKsDDYv-eVACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/not-to-be-born-is-past-all-prizing-best-quotes-by-sophocles-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
![When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x-uA3mZOp4M/X1uQfkmWiUI/AAAAAAAALYw/RfN7-LBxVc4lr1_SlNrd9nGTKWPYX3icwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/when-we-are-tired-we-are-attacked-by-ideas-we-conquered-long-ago.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
![Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gsnr3N9e-X8/X1t7FZd-QaI/AAAAAAAAJIU/XwBUo8hQBjg_ihilhfNYDCPbXeHEIVqbQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/scars-have-the-strange-power-to-remind-us-that-our-past-is-real.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.
![My past is everything I failed to be.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fjzFyIk_pCM/X1t2ka8p3FI/AAAAAAAAIiE/8BKO1iTqRxsUWZa5b_q9xAPC7jleQZ4fgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/my-past-is-everything-i-failed-to-be.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
My past is everything I failed to be.
![Forgiveness means letting go of the past.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jncVN_PssCk/X0bBn0pz_mI/AAAAAAAACCk/wtSCdi4WCs4A-Z3vxnoe6T6nJuCluoNewCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/forgiveness-means-letting-go-of-the-past-quotes-by-gerald-jampolsky-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-forgiveness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
![Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jk8RHWRbvUw/X1twn-FAkPI/AAAAAAAAIFg/b3SldpMyB2IhFC7zWPVBqfZIC17-6zlZACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/life-can-only-be-understood-backwards-but-it-must-be-lived-forwards.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
![Youre just another story I cant tell anymore.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aaZyLXNoatU/X1uTwLjAFYI/AAAAAAAAL50/ztOv7Y0lHPI_fiTOoqNHRYwNHybD06JKACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/youre-just-another-story-i-cant-tell-anymore.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Youre just another story I cant tell anymore.
![Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rYikWf7rugg/X1tdMj5z-mI/AAAAAAAAFic/fFxEn9MXh3kJzqy_AKJjfBHvORH-NPirgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/always-choose-the-future-over-the-past-what-do-we-do-now.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?
![I think I’m past the age of getting lost.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XRCayuHuyQg/X0bHxS1RB6I/AAAAAAAADnA/B9U29y25w7UqdFU0vu4FRjNdpmIUzkAfwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/i-think-im-past-the-age-of-getting-lost-quotes-by-amanda-seyfried-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-age.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)