Let go of the past

i have recently realized just how much i do hold on to the past. i blame so many of my short comings on what had happened to me as a child. i now know i need to put the blame on myself, i am the only one that controls how i feel and the things that i do. its no one elses fault but my own that i do or think the things i do. i need to let go of the chains that bind me to my past, i need to forgive those that have wronged me. they cant change the past, and nither can i. we all have to live with what life has dealt us. but how we deal with it is what makes us who we are. i want to be free…. because it’s only when i let go that i’ll truly be free.