Putting the past in the past

I’ve always been a firm believer of using every step of my past and building on it, even if certain things seem insignificant, I attempt to use their concepts, skills or ideas and transcribe them into ways that can be used in a beneficial manner. As of late, I feel as though the things I’ve achieved, things I’ve learned, the places I’ve been and to a certain extent, some of the people I’ve met have gradually become extraneous even expendable. Perhaps, this is something we all go through as we are rediscovering or establishing a new set of values and standards for the life we want to lead. Essentially, the perception that we developed as children, then as adolescents and then as young adults is constantly under revision, so maybe it is normal for our values to continually shift. Maybe sometimes we have to forget our past to assure our future.