“See your past as being behind a glass wall. You can see it play out right there, but it can’t get to you behind that wall. The problem is that the wall shouldn’t be in front of you, informing your every instant of consciousness, it should be behind you. What’s ahead of you is your future, which hasn’t happened yet. And you can’t allow it to share the present with you, because there isn’t enough room for both. It’s really hard not to let it be there because it can be so strong and powerful. But as you slowly progress through every baby step of your healing and recovery plan, that glass wall will gradually move around to where it should be, and stay: Behind you. You’re allowed to look back at it occasionally. After all, what’s behind that glass wall had a part in getting you to where you are right now. It loses its power once it cements into its place behind you, and in that moment you’ll know you’ve made it through.”