" The best advice I can give you is to learn from the mistakes of the past and not let them dictate your future." This was truly an insightful article Janice and I especially appreciated the above statement, but with a caveat: We cannot afford to allow a NEGATIVE past dictate our future. I respectfully disagree about keeping negative reminders around, that remind us of a negative past, and that's what those stautues represent to the people who are forced to look at them everyday. I also don't whole-heartedly condone embracing a past that is full of negavtive experiences, but since you're absolutely right about not being able to undo or forget the past, we should always learn from it, good, bad, or ugly. I appreciate all your viewpoints and thank you for sharing :-)