If we're truly honest....

.....we wouldn't want to publicly go into depth about the mistakes we've made in the past and/or any embarrassing situations we got into. We would most likely want to see and feel discretion and sympathy. 

So let's push to one side all the aspects of the past that it might be more comfortable to forget and greet this new era with enthusiasm. The future is an open book.  Who's to say it won't make for a good read.  After all, it is something we create, it's not something we inherit.

The only thing any of us can be really sure of is that if we do what we've always done, 

we'll get what we've always got.