“We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.” ThinkingPastOpportunityChanceOur LivesOur PastSecond Chance Author:Jean Smart
“History does influence our lives - every moment. We never sort of live our lives in a linear fashion. We always have these memories and these images from our past that sometimes were not even aware of, and they sort of shape who we are.” DoeSometimesMomentsPastMemoriesOur LivesInfluenceFashionShapesWho We AreOur PastLinearLive Every Moment Author:Dinaw Mengestu
“... if, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal,that we can understand our past through a male lens--if we are unaware that women even have a history--we live our lives similarly unanchored, drifting in response to a veering wind of myth and bias.” IfsPhilosophyPastAcceptingHistoryOur LivesWindUniversalResponseMalesDefinitionsMythBiasOur PastLensesDrifting Book:Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985 Source: Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985
“We with my husband [Joseph Millar] are often the first reader for one another's work, and we often also have the last word. We trust each other. We have our past working life in common, our recombined families, as well as our life as teachers, and we read much of the same literature and have similar esthetics, so there's a simpatico there. But we do disagree and that can be fruitful, even if it's not so great in the moment.” IfsFirstsWellsMomentsLastsPastLiteratureCommonTeacherOur LivesReaderHusbandMy HusbandDisagreeOur PastLast WordsWorking LifeSimpatico Author:Dorianne Laux
“Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives... but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can 'color' (change) how we see our present and future.” DifferentPastOur LivesEventsColorStonesSeriesOur PastLensesKaleidoscope Author:Bill Crawford
“We can develop a social vaccine (Self-esteem). We can outgrow our past failures - our lives of crime and violence, alcohol and drug abuse, premature pregnancy, child abuse, chronic dependency on welfare, and education failure.” ChildrenSelfPastSocialOur LivesViolenceCrimeSelf EsteemDrugAbuseAlcoholEsteemWelfarePregnancyChild AbuseOur PastVaccinesDependencyPrematureDrug AbusePast Failures Author:John Vasconcellos
“At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.” IfsKnowsWantMindLooksPastOur LivesCircumstancesFruitOur FutureArchitectOur PastYour FutureYour PastCrossroadsReinvention Author:Matthieu Ricard
“Anytime we drag our past into the future, we have some grieving to do. When we refuse to grieve, we hang on to the weight of life that slows us down and robs us from finding our lives.” PastOur LivesFindingsWeightDown AndRefuseGrievingDragOur Past Author:Steve Arterburn
“Our past as well as our future. It could have been completely destroyed when we were brought to the New World as slaves. They even took away our drums. And I don't want to talk about all those negative things going on. But its music is more present in our lives than ever. Blues, samba, calypso, reggae, jazz, salsa, Africa is everywhere.” WorldWantWellsHas BeensPastOur LivesMusic IsNegativeJazzSlaveDestroyedOur FutureNew WorldOur PastCould Have BeenReggaeSalsaSambaCalypso Author:Randy Weston