Past or Future

I shouldn't let the fact that everyone has an opinion get to me. I'm able to respect the fact that we're all equally different, however what I'm unable to accept is the fact that people feel the need to degraded others merely on the fact that they screwed up once before. If wiping the slate clean means wiping the slate clean then shouldn't we at least show that person we have the faith in them that they will change? The past is haunting enough why should we drag it up in front of them tempting them to turn that way again, I'm sure people in there past wouldn't of judged them the way we do now. Why are we so quick to point out other peoples past problems then focus on there recovery? Have we forgotten that we as well have a past and if we keep pointing the fingers ours will eventually come to light to haunt us, and making us ashame of our past life, showing that it is a shame just as the next persons. Yesterday doesn't make up the person we are today, we have the ability to change if we truly want to. We can't change anything about the past so we shouldn't take it with us into our future, we're able to be something different now if we truly want to be. Everything happens for a reason so whose to say that it wasn't suppose to happen like that so we can be where we are now on a path to a better start? Consider it to be salvation in the making, it's saved us from where we could of been (down the wrong road). Everything happens to us for a reason so let us take this with us to make us stronger, let it be our conviction to a better start there's no point looking back now.
We can look to the past and go backwards and prove those who were rooting against us that they were right about us all along or we can move on in the future striving to be something different better than what we were able to be back then. We can listen to what everyone says about us if we want but we'll get no where. Sure let them ramble at the mouth but don't listen to them for to long for there words are like poison and will eventually penetrate into our minds depriving it of oxygen and clouding our ability to think for ourselves, eventually resulting in us excepting what they're saying about us to be true. Don't you see they won't be happy until they see us self destruct, we should use there negative energy to push us up. Now the choice is ours what will each of us choose.............................. It's quite simple PAST or FUTURE.
If we stumble along in life aimlessly for to long we'll lose ourselves.
The healing will start the minute we want it to......... will you prove them wrong or yourslef?

My belief, my daily affirmation

I believe that something else wonderful is going to happen to me today.
I knew that what I fear I must attract, and what I expected I will experience.
I know that fear is a shadow of the mind held by ignorance and darkness.
I know that when I hold my fears up to the light of reason and intelligence,
that it cannot stand the light and must disappear.
I am too smart, too intelligent and brilliant to
allow a figment of my imagination to push me around
I know that fear is faith upside down and
a belief in the wrong thing.
Fear is born out of negativism which is a conglomeration
of dark and sinister
shadows in the mind and there is no power in a shadow.
I have no alliance with poverty.
I am strong, whole,
perfect, powerful, radiant, illumined and inspired,
harmonious and happy.

~ Author unknown

I was looking through this binder my mom had of articles and stuff she found motivating and I came across this typed up page. This is what I'm striving to believe and become with each day. I hope you all find this just as inspiring as I did, for the motivation and key to success lies within these words.