The present is literally the only part we have. If you are different in the present, no one, including ourselves, can live in the past so it ends up just being part of the whole learning experience of Life. People you meet now aren't going to know that Psyclox from the past so your past is going to seem "different" to them.

Scroll down the page here to "Mistakes" and read: http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/books/life1/lf1_3a.htm