coupland's Journal: Spilled Milk

One thing I definitely learned from Buddhist teaching is that supplemental to my belief that you shouldn't make happiness contingent on the future, you also shouldn't make it contingent on the past. In other words, don't hang onto hurt or sorrow and turn it into a baby that you cherish and nurture. The past is a journal of things you've learned, if you refuse to learn from experience then you're less than a child.