My Past Doesn't Determine My Future

Far too many people think that their past determines their future but the reality is that it only determines one's future if one allows it. While the past may determine one's present and one's present may determine one's future. One's past cannot determine one's future unless one allows it. That is why one cannot allow their past mistakes to hinder their future in terms of love unless they allow it too. I refuse to allow my past to used against me because I am not the person I used to be and God knows it. Therefore my past will determine my future without me having something to do about it in the present.