Words to live by

[make_your_move]

Two of my very close friends have a wonderfully direct way of communicating and will occasionally say something particularly succinct - this is from a conversation they had last night and is re-posted with permission of said speaker.

From matthew_g

"If we can manage our present using our past, then it is experience. If our past manages our present, that's baggage."

(*damn that "food for thought" stuff...*)