There is no absolution. There is nothing we can do about what we have done, it’s ordained for us, set in stone, our future is a function of the past with no exceptions, no way out, a long stretch of road behind us marking our mistakes, highs and lows, without a way of making really sense of it other than forgetting. Forgetting the beautiful heights and remembering the deep bottoms, the everlasting hurt that one can never heal.