“My concern with the past is what it has taught me. My concern with the future is how I may apply what I have learned. My concern with the present is keeping all of that in mind.” – TMP
Do not be burdened by what life has afforded you by way of experience. For it was designed to prepare you for that which lies ahead of you. Framing your challenges and struggles in that manner helps to put those experiences into a positive perspective that you may leverage in your favor to become the desired you. Conversely, if you look at what you have been through as punishment or abandonment, then you will seek to escape that which was meant to free you from you so that you may become a new you… continuously.