A better understanding of self

I was just wondering that do people change in years?  Well, I am not excluding myself. In fact I am just talking about myself.    When I think logically, I feel that everybody should realize that the time that is past is a passed time.  And that it is  the time that you have already lived.   If you hold on to yesterday then when will you live today?  As it is, life is too short, one shouldn't waste their present moment to relive the days that is already lived!   So, if you feel that I changed in the course of time then it means I am doing something right!  I am living today and not hanging on to my past.
   However, my mind and my heart are always conflicting.  My heart is full of memories (though it should be the job of the brain to store them).  I hold on to the past as much as my brain (memory) allows.  My heart refuses to give up my memories of school, colleges, or the places that my dad got transferred to.  I like to remember the time I spent with my family, my brothers, my friends, my neighbors, and of course the time I spent with my mommy dearest.   Anyways, like many, I remember my good days and my bad days.  I still value my friends and love them dearly for being my friends and being there for me when I needed them.  I still love my brothers for pampering me and being protective about me and always, always, always being there. (I still remember how they searched the whole city and state for a particular sweet as my heart desired to eat that sweet only!).  I still love my family for making me the person I am.  I still remember the day when I met my husband and when I promised to spend my whole life with him. I remember the day when I held my daughter in my arms for the first time.  I still remember my mom helping me out take care of my lil' boy.  Yes, I am betraying my mind and living in the past glory once in a while.  
   Now, am I clinging too much to my past?  Being a curious person, I have many questions in my mind. Does that mean that I stopped living my present?  Does that mean that I am not the same person as I was 10 years back?  Did my personality change?  Did my outlook change?  Have I changed?  I am still trying to understand myself ...


We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
- Albert Camus