Nothing can hold you back—not your childhood, not the history of a lifetime, not even the very last moment before now. In a moment you can abandon your past. And once abandoned, you can redefine it.
If the past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward. If the past was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your power.
The very first step of change is so powerful, the boundaries of time fall aside. In one bittersweet moment, the sting of the past is dissolved and its honey salvaged.
This got me realizing I have no idea how a dam works. I thought a dam holds water back. I never thought of it as unleashing power. I tried to "google" it but was met with too many technical details about the actual mechanics of certain types of dams. I like the idea that the power is within us to change but the older you get, the harder it is and it is hard to know how to change.