Yesterday, at the SCN Canada Champion meeting, our chairman Gerry Lalonde, closed the call with a quote from Jim Carrey:
👉 “Don’t let your memories be bigger than your dreams.”
I loved it so much… that I decided to share it with all of you.
But not just as a quote.
As something to really sit with.
Because the more I reflected on it, the more I realized…
this is not about “thinking positive” or “letting go of the past.“
It’s something much deeper.
We tend to look at our memories as evidence.
Proof of what is possible.
Proof of who we are.
Proof of how life works.
And here’s the shift that changed something for me:
The past is not what limits us.
It’s the authority we give it.
Two people can live the same experience…and walk away with completely different futures.
One sees limitation.
The other sees direction.
One says: “This is why I can’t.“
The other says: “This showed me what matters.“
Same memory.
Different meaning.
Different life.
So maybe the real question is not: What happened to me?
But: What meaning have I been giving it… and is that meaning still serving the life I want to create?
Because the moment you stop asking your past for permission…your future becomes available in a completely different way.