How quickly we forget what happened. Rare is the person who reflects long enough to remember the pitfalls of our own past.
While I have been thinking about the past a lot I have not forgotten where I'm going. It can't be said that there is only one path foreword. After all we live in a universe of almost infinite possibility. (trust me, I know time.)
But how do we choose what path to set out on? Well, I don't know how you do it but I do so based on the core priniples and values. That's right, I think there is absolute truth in the universe. In doing so I find myself set apart from a lot of the people whom I grew up with. My coming of age the first time proved that I can not trust them because they waffle. My second coming of age will not see me attempt to fix them again. I know I can not fix them. But that also hurts them because they don't understand why I don't want to be around their constant failure.
I can not correct their own internal problems so what can I do for them?
The only thing I can do is make my self better so that I can hopefully keep them from dooming us all, again.