“Shouldn’t people have the option to escape their pasts, or at least aspects of their pasts, if they’re hindering their personal development? Obviously there are degrees of the latter ideal — but I feel like the idea of having your whole life at your fingertips can be a bit of a trap, and can cause old patterns to persist for longer than they should. Refashioning oneself, and embarking on changes that sometimes require you to cut loose parts of your past (either temporarily or permanently), is a form of growth.”
-maura
