“Just because
the past taps you on the shoulder,
it doesn't mean
that you have to look back.”
~Unknown
The past ALWAYS follows us; we are part of continuity.
A continuity that is the past, the present and the future… However I’m learning
that the past shouldn’t be attached to our ankle like a ball and chain. I am
not trying to act as if I am a blank canvas while starting the day…to the contrary;
all I strive to do is acknowledging the good and bad from my past, turn them
into lessons learned and leave it all behind for today’s new opportunities.
The past can be a powerful force, if we
allow it to be... It can be positive and life-affirming...While we hold on to
the past with a vengeance, replaying it over and over again we need to know and
learn to let it go so we can move forward. Living in the past can actually have
a crippling effect. I’ve learned to turn the page, learned to appreciate what I’ve
build from it, learn from my past so I can be productive in the present or
create a future with no regret… but for that I need to give undo power to the
past.... So let the past be in the past.... Live in the present and dream of
the opportunities that the future holds with new opportunities, friendships and
relationships that are still relevant in my present.
I am realizing how hard it is to let go… I
had to let go of relationship and situations lately and not necessarily when I
was ready to. I feel as though the decision was made for me and while I would
love to hang on to what was part of my life for many years, I realize that
sometimes (all the times) what is turning out to be a relationship that is no
longer cultivate in your day to day (i.e.: thought about with love, with
kindness and in a none competitive way…) we need to take the past as a lesson
of what NOT to do and go on with life… Can we easily let go? No, but we can use
it ... Learn from it, let it shape who we become... Make the decision to use it
and NOT let it use you... Say good bye and thanks for the lesson…DON’T BE DISTRACTED FROM THE NOW
So I’m vouching to let the past be in the
past.... Live in the present and dream of the opportunities that the future
holds.
RosieSandz
