Months later, Chiang Ti returned again to the village, with a smile of certainty on his face, his round bright head held high. Lotus saw him first and called together all the village folk. Man has no control over his past. He changes and learns. He is not the same person today he was yesterday, and tomorrow, too, he will be different.
Life is a process of becoming.
You cannot relive the past and alter it. But you can control what you are becoming. Judge men not on their past, but on their future. The keen observer can see what a man is becoming. A man can begin to look like a frog or act like a pig.