THE PAST

Is over.  The past is not where we exist, therefore step from it and into the now. Living in the past keeps us stuck and missing out on what is going on in front of us right now.  The past is a great teacher of what we don't want and what we do want, but it isn't a place to stay for long.  

Use the past as a reference manual, visit it when you need to figure out a problem in the present.  Problems in our lives become bigger due to emotions and when we are adding emotions from the past we are deliberately making the present even harder.  Look at your past for answers, what were you feeling at the time that made you react or choose the way you did?  What were you lacking inside that you wish you would have known that would have made the past situation different..........better.  Acknowledge that you now have the answer and then close the book.  We continue to make the same mistakes because we use the past to beat ourselves down.  We dwell there allowing the thoughts of how pathetic, how disconnected, how horrible we were.  We label ourselves with our past and inevitably we continue to make those same mistakes in our present.  Hell why not, that's who we think we are.  But it doesn't have to be, your past doesn't have to define who you are now, so don't let it!!!

You can't change the past, but you can create a healthier now.  Allow the past to go, accept it-meaning recognizing both your good times and bad times, knowing both were meant to help you, and then live in the now.  Forgive yourself and others and trust that ALL of your life experiences have made you stronger.  

Keep your head focused on the now and live life.  

The past is over!! Whew.......thank God.