Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. It sounds unlikely, but the past actually changes complexion as you get older.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am the type that cannot stay put in living in the past and solely in the past. It's not healthy and it doesn't feel right.
You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up.
I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.
I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.
Everyone has a past, and the downside to my life is that the past gets dragged up.
People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.
It's not that anything has changed about me, and, it's a cliche, but I think that as you get older, you learn to accept who you are, and you feel more comfortable in your own skin.
The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster than you can accommodate yourself to. Looking back and seeing how you got where you are is a useful way to combat disorientation.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Your past is something you cannot change. You can't live it; it's dead.