“The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.”
~ Wendell Berry
Comforting Thought: The Past
“The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.”
~ Wendell Berry
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The past is what we know so it is more comforting than the future we don’t yet know.
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Yes that’s true 👍 I found this comforting though, if you have had a horrific or difficult past it can offer hope that things will get better if you build a better future.
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That’s very true 🙂
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Great quote by Berry!
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