http://letterneversent.disqus.com/enThu, 16 Dec 2004 13:54:51 -0000http://www.letterneversent.com/i-walk-a-tightrope/1509/#comment-1384415I think you hit the nail on the head. I think you definitely need to face and accept the truth about the past before you can evolve from it.chrisThu, 16 Dec 2004 13:54:51 -0000http://www.letterneversent.com/i-walk-a-tightrope/1509/#comment-1384414There's another option, besides either tossing old selves away or ignoring them--looking straight at them, strip away the trappings to get to the important stuff, and try to integrate them and/or just make sense of them as part of the story-of-your-life you are carrying around with you. If you can't look back at the old yous and accept them, how can you be sure, when you think you are becoming a better person, that you aren't just running away from yourself to another temporary place? Sorry if that is a bit blunt but it is a feeling I have had myself sometimes.susanThu, 16 Dec 2004 10:09:36 -0000