I am often guilty of letting my past mistakes define who I currently am. When it comes to forgiveness, I think that I can offer it to other people without doubting myself, but I cannot do this when it comes to forgiving myself. I am also someone who sometimes allows other people to define who I am. I am not saying that I base who I am off of labels that are given to me, but I will easily do something if I know that it is something that someone else wants me to do. This is something that has improved in my life, but is definitely an area that needs work. I digress. Point of saying all of this: we are more than our past. Yes, our past is a part of us and we cannot go back and change decisions that we made or didn't make. But, we have a choice as to how much we allow our past to control who we are today. I can choose to allow the mistakes that I made as a teenager to determine who I am today, or I can allow those experiences to help me make better decisions in the present. Rather than allowing myself to be so consumed with my past and inhibiting myself from current personal growth, I can choose to move forward and live life in the present. Today, I am choosing to take things from the past that I can grow and learn from rather than letting my past control who I am today.
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