There is no denying it, our past stinks and seeps into our present. Occasionally I get such a potent whiff of history that my mind spins and my stomach lurches.

Jinat Rehana Begum
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When you are aware that you have done something wrong, it is hard to forget. When you have done something right, it is easy to forget. History is full of people who lived through the worst times before they got to experience the best times. They spent their entire lives fighting for what they believed in.

They had the most difficult of lives but they always found a way to endure. Their problems were so great that it would be easy to give up and never get better. But those people pushed on and raised their families and built a home for them.

They felt as if they had nothing to lose and nothing was impossible because they had already lost so much. The best part about living through such difficult times is that we can learn from our mistakes and become stronger as a result.

Source: First Fires

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