We are indeed haunted by our past and future. We are wont to repeat our own habits, our worst mistakes.” “But are we destined to repeat them?” “Aha! That’s the question! No, I don’t believe we are.” “Go on.” “Change will require a conscious effort. You’ll be pushing against the weight of your own history.” “What does that mean?” “Like walking against the wind. When you begin to do something different, there is a resistance. It is easier to walk on a path already there than it is to cut a new one.” “Right.” “Unless you fight, you’ll be following the exact route already laid out.”
