Never mind the musty past; here sat a miracle directly across the kitchen table. He shouted great tidings. (Big Book)
Never could we recapture the great moments of the past. (Big Book)
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life. That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account. (Big Book)
... we need not burden ourselves with the woes of the past ... (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, March 19)
If the past is an orange, there's what happened and there's the lesson. The what happened is the peel; the lesson is contained within it, the orange itself. Once the lesson has been learned, the peel must be thrown away. If the lesson is not evident, it is because I have not peeled the orange. If I'm still hurting, it is because I have not learned the lesson; I have not eaten the orange.
It should then be recalled only to help others learn their lessons, too.