When you forget that you also need to take ownership of your mistakes and not be hateful when someone judges you. Admit you're wrong when you are.

At what point does what happened to us become something we use to justify what we do to others?

I think we have become very comfortable judging what we can see without taking the time to understand what we cannot. We should be approaching people with curiosity rather than immediately reaching for judgment.

It means taking the time to understand how someone thinks, what they've experienced, what matters to them and what they might be struggling with. Don't let your inability to see someone's struggle convince you that their struggle doesn't exist.

Sometimes, the most important thing we can learn is not what to say, but how to truly hear one another.

You begin to understand that you can acknowledge your past without living in it, learn from your mistakes without being imprisoned by them, and carry the memory of what you've lost without allowing it to rob you of everything you still have the opportunity to build.

But I think real strength goes even deeper than moving so far forward that your past can no longer reach you. It is reaching a point where your past no longer has the power to stop you