I Won't Allow My Future to Be Detroyed By My Past

I try very hard not to let things from my past interfere with today. But... the best laid plans...
There are times... in the dark... that I go through the what ifs. At times I take a chance and reveal a little more, a few more pieces...

I was recently given a sharp reminder that we don't always have any say in the matter...

It is still there.    
 
The light of hope shines, even though I cannot see it.    
 
 
I need to remind myself of this truth. There are better days to come. Today is a...

I know that trying to insist I'm not damaged because of my past is a waste of breath...and an outright lie.  I am damaged.  I have scars, both physical and emotional.So what?I am no longer that helpless child, that trapped teenager...

And neither should you.If you buy into the idea that the past is part of your present and will forever be part of your future, then you have paid for something that is worthless.Life has some really bad turns in it.  Everybody gets...

Growing up in poverty, never really fitting in, having to do most everything for myself on my own along with helping my siblings (2nd oldest of 6), being put in foster care, losing part of my family, home and family never really being...

My greatest...

There's no way,Future destroyed by past,Won't let it,Wanna move on,Live again,Forget the past,I've changed!

I got tired of my past dictating my future.  One night I had a dream that changed me profoundly.  In the dream, although he didn't say it in real life, Silver said to me, "Don't lose sight of your future by allowing your...

It's been a tough road so far.. I've had some smooth sailing and some really rough bumps... still going through them too..  People have hurt me, and I've hurt myself..  but I refuse to let things that others have done to me...

I've come too far along to just let the progress I've made slip through my fingers again.  I'm also never going to let another person have the power to control my heart and mind and make me believe that I'm worthless. 
I...

freedom is what i desire....it seems to elude me......maybe i am already free because i desire it as those that live in a world unaware of the impact that there past has had on them will never be free.awareness is the key to freedom and...