Why Not Make Peace with Your Skeletons?

Many of us have skeletons in our closets, that is things we aren't proud of having done in the past.  If not careful, these choices made long ago can keep us fixated on our past, dwelling on "if only's" and "what if's" versus focusing on the present moment and taking positive actions to navigate our ship (guide our life) toward a course of our liking.  The truth is the past doesn't even exist anymore except in the memories of those involved.  All we have is right now, this very moment.  Interestingly, each person remembers things so different anyway, revealed only in the stories we all tell our self and each other about what happened, partial truths at best.  Wouldn't it be better to let go of 'Clinging' to the past entirely, save for perhaps the positive memories that remain.  Why not make peace with your skeletons and realize, as awful as you and others may see them, they are done now, past, and gone?  You have new, fresh choices to make today, consciously present to life this very day, this very moment.  Truth is our choices in the past, both good and bad, have shaped the miracle we are today.  Why be consumed and ruled any longer by our non-existent past?  Why not choose to let go and Sail the Seven C's?