dread not

it's friday.
and today it's not just #FlashbackFriday
but Friday the 13th as well.

you live in the present,
build for the future
and remember the past.

yeah, do not just forget the last.
there are lessons to be learned from the past after all.

some, however, have made a past so horrific,
time could not fade its severity,
they themselves are spooked by it.
they go into panic / defensive mode
the moment it is brought up.

you cannot erase the past.
it's part of who you are.

don't suppress it as if it didn't happen.

don't twist it
to make it appear like something else.
what's done is done.
you cannot change it anymore.

despair not though.
an ugly past does not define you
unless you continue living it.
just do things right henceforth.