past

Is the past best left in the past?  This time a month ago, I sure thought so.  The last thing on my agenda for talking about with Kim Vargas was a return to family issues.  "The past is behind me.  From now on, it's the future!"  

Nice sentiment, but doesn't do a heck of a lot in scrapping off layers of emotional gunk, prying away dumb patterns, recalibrating messed up messaging.  The things that distract deter undermine.  

Sounds reassuring to state, "The past is the past!"  Alas, it didn't make sense when Mim said it thirteen years ago, doesn't make sense now.  Feels comforting, but I keep tripping over the blasted thing on my path forward!