broadwaybee

You are not your past.

You are not your yesterdays.

You are not what you did yesterday, what you said yesterday, what you thought yesterday.

A lot of people are going to want you to think that you are your yesterdays. In fact, some others are going to insist that you be. They will do this because they have a big investment in your continuing to show up that way. For one thing, they can then be 'right' about you. For another, they can 'depend' on you.

When other people see you as 'bad', they don't want you to change, because they want to continue being 'right' about you. This allows them to justify how they are treating you.

When other people see you as 'good', they don't want you to change, because they want to continue being able to 'depend' on you. This allows them to justify how they expect you to treat them.

What you are invited to do is live in the moment. Create yourself anew in the present moment. Do not seek to forget your past, seek to change your future.

Neither rest on your laurels nor dwell on your failures. Rather, start over; begin anew in each golden moment of now.