The Meaning of the Past

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“Regardless of what may have happened in the past, it is the meaning that is attributed to it that determines the way someone’s present will be.”

The past itself has no power over us. Its power arises from the meaning and interpretation applied to it. So it can always be re-interpreted, and new meaning can be assigned to it, which can in turn shape the present.


Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.