The mistakes that you have made in your past, should be left in your past. Little do many of us realize but nobody is perfect. As a matter of fact, life just wouldn't be life if we were perfect. There would be no room for growth, and we would live our lives with no direction and no purpose.

Victory is the sweetest when we have experienced defeat, it is sweetest when we have obstacles in our way to overcome. There is no testimony without a test, and even though you may have failed a few tests in your past, there are still many tests in your future that you will have a good opportunity to ace if you maintain a good work ethic, remain motivated, and be willing to forget about failing in the past. Many of you today must stop beating yourselves up because of the mistakes that you have made in the past, learn from them, use this wisdom for gains in your life, and let those mistakes go!