Nela on Nostr: I can feel that very much, remembering this : To accept one’s past – one’s ...

I can feel that very much, remembering this : To accept one’s past – one’s history – is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.
James Baldwin