It is so great when you can find peace with your past. I went through Pathways and that was my number one struggle, I let my past define me and control me. Once you rid yourself of all the negativity you will be amazed at the work God can do in you. I am so grateful I choose his definition of me now, that I am that God fearing woman that desires to live.
I have recently come to a strange road in my life. Where some people I thought could never be a part of me have reoccured in my prayer life. You may sever the ties with people, but the ones you truly care for you continue to pray God's will in their lives. Some people I wish never existed in my story, some parts I had cried out to erase, but through God's restoration I have learned that each part of the messy dirty past has made me who I am today. Some of those I will hold in my heart forever. I am so grateful that my broken road God can and will use to His Glory. So I have found that true peace and I am perfectly ok with who I was because its helps me be who I am today and what God will create in me tomorrow.