Every insecure soul has a government of their own and a paid judge in their court room.
What I allow into my head finds its way to my heart, which is a porthole to my soul. Therefore, I might be wise to consider the state of my soul, and then walk this process backwards.
Safety is not a destination that we reach for, rather it is a retreat that we escape to. And if our lives are marked by the incessant search for safety, we will live the whole of it going in reverse.
Our actions in the present build the staircase to the future. The question is whether that staircase is going up or down.
Where you are coming from doesn't matter but where you are going does. Hence look forward and not backwards. Your eyes are placed in front of you for a reason. Your eyes only look backwards for specia...
Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.