The Walking Dead reminded me of a important lesson tonight.
A lot of the character development was based around the history of specific characters that developed slowly over the seasons of the show. In other words, the long history of a person informs his or her actions in a given situation. The revelation for me is embracing that vs. this constant running and fighting and doing little to embrace the past isn’t working. There are parts of my childhood I’d rather forget, but at the same time those parts of my childhood were impactful in me becoming the man I am today.
The past matters. History matters–whether it be in our own lives, our own understanding of the lives of others, our relationships, etc. History is all that separates us from oblivion. Without history we move through this world a forgotten wind.