if 'passwordSubmit' in request.POST:
    updatePassword = updatePasswordForm(request.POST)
    if updatePassword.is_valid():
        cd = updatePassword.cleaned_data
        old_password = cd['old_password']
        new_password = cd['new_password']
        verify_password = cd['verify_password']
        user = authenticate(username=currentUser.username, password=old_password)
        if user is not None:
            if new_password == verify_password:
                secure_password = make_password(new_password)
                update_user = currentUser
                update_user.password = secured_password
                update_user.save()
            else:
                message = 'The two passwords do not match'
                # if the passwords do no match
        else:
            message = 'The password entered does not match our records'
            # in case the old password is not what is saved in the database