Shadows of the Past

I asked a friend to give me a blogging prompt since my block to my brain seemed to be firmly in place as of late. Shadows of the past is what I was told. So I'm going to run with it and see where this leads. I have no idea, so it will be a surprise for all of us!
The shadows of the past seem as anchored to our feet as our own shadows are. They follow us with a ferocity that can sometimes make you want to run. Sometimes their quiet presence its almost like a warm blanket. There to keep us safe from mistakes and held tightly around us as security.
The magnitude of ones past seems lost at times. A fleck of lint in your pocket. Then a song will sound in the background. A heart will erratically beat its jazzy rhythm. Back into that moment you are thrown with no cushion to break your fall. Years can seep out. Anger can come slithering in. All on a note. A word. A feeling of helplessness of things gone by.
The wave subsides and life carries on. The past cannot hurt you. Its your thoughts and words about it that cause the pain. The more time and attention you give something the more meaningful and damaging it can become. One must learn to treat ones everlasting shadow as a friend, a companion. To see it as the dark that is only seen due to the light that shines around it. If one can focus on the comfort of the things ones gone through and have survived though one will know that you can always make it through. So far your track record is 100%. So don't be afraid of the darkness that follows you. You are the light that shines through. Without your shadow of reminders you would not be the person you are today. You would be someone different. Hold onto the night. There's always tomorrow.