RE: What is you theory on the Past?

This is in response to Crystal's blog. I agree with you on some points. I believe the past cannot simply be ignored, but then that dwells into the matter of giving people second chances. Everyone deserves a second chance as long as they're honestly willing to fix themselves or patch up others that they may have affected. You can't change the mistakes you've made because some things just can't be forgotten. But you can sure as hell do something to show you realize what you've done and that you actually care. It's then in the power of the person you're seeking forgiveness from to take it from there. I just think that if both want to make an effort then in that case anyone should have the right to have a second chance. You shouldn't live in the past, and you shouldn't hold things against people. Grudges are just extra baggage. Really though this is all common sense.

I think your past is how you learn but it doesn't make you who you are. Well, I said that wrong. It does make you who you are, but it's not who you are. Does that make sense? How you act and the opinions you form and your beliefs and the decisions you make, everything you do leads up to how you have turned out. So yeah, your past makes you who you are. But it's all just memories, really.. and a great tool for learning. You can learn to be a doctor, but that doesn't mean you won't switch your major. So what you have decided right now, that's who you are. How you look at things. And tomorrow, that could change. Open up doors and look at how everything has turned out if you need to. That's how some people try to figure out themselves, by reflecting on their decisions and how they have turned out.. or what happened when they made mistakes. But what I'm saying is other people shouldn't really do that, look into your past to figure you out because people are frequently changing their mind up on things, and the errors they made they're most likely sorry for.. don't hold it against them. We're constantly growing. We're not always the same people we were a few years ago. Let go of any prejudices you have against someone and learn who they are now.

The past should not be forgotten, but you should not rely on that in getting to know me. That's my final outlook on this whole deal. My mind changes up a lot. I've also made a lot of mistakes and still do, but I'm constantly learning through the consequences I face.

I didn't read them all but a short, simple quote I liked you had:
"For the majority of us, the past is a regret, the future an experiment." - Mark Twain
Regret is a human emotion that a lot of people can't do anything about but that's just proof people are sorry. You can't change what they did, but you can forgive them. The future being an experiment just shows how people are constantly changing.