Do we ever really leave our past behind?

So much happens in life that leaves an impression on our hearts,  I often wonder if we ever really leave our pasts behind.. or if the term "past" is just something that we use to keep us from dwelling on things we can't change? 

Have you ever loved someone so deeply that no matter where you were in your life you felt you could love them again?  A romantic notion, some may say,  but the heart doesn't ackowledge time and space.  The heart isn't realistic,  and as the most powerful part of ourselves it can consume us with emotion and dissolve the boundaries of time and render us shaken and wide-eyed at the power of emotions.

I am always amazed at how much control\effect emotions have on human beings.  Pain, fear, love, passions...  these deeply felt emotions can embed us in patterns of behavior that remain unknown to us until the day when we can no longer afford to succumb to them. 

Looking at the patterns in people,  studying how to help them see the next step on their path... it has humbled me to the point where I know not how to proceed at times.  What I DO know is that there is a reason we honor the moon: emotions.  Emotions are the root of our choices,  they are the teacher of our values,  and the food that keeps the heart alive.  In honoring the moon Goddesses and Gods we are honoring the part of ourselves that cannot be tamed.  It can be translated into more civilized behaviors,  but never really tamed.  Emotions represent illusions to the logical mind,  but are the real world to the heart and soul.   How does one navigate between the two and then teach others to do so effectively?

I'm still learning the answer to that question.  If anyone cares to enlighten me with their thoughts,  I'm happy to learn from them as well.  Being an HPs means accepting that one is always a student,  always learning,  and always humbled by the eternity of the human heart.