You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together read more

What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the read more

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.