[Aliantha]

Well, my point is that niether you nor I are at the mercy of any currents that 'flow through us'. We're the masters of our own fate and have the ability to change the course we're on.

There's nothing special about that.

What has come before should be acknowledged. Can even be used as a tool for learning or a point of reference, but it can't be blamed for how we are now. We all have choices, and if we know our choices are wrong, then we must change them, or be as shameful as those who came before.