Look ahead, keep going forward, move on. Don't dwell in the past. Let it go.
All good advice, but how easy is it to follow?
There are many times in our lives where we react in a negative way. We don't always know what it was that set off the reaction. A button was pushed, something was triggered in us, and the result was anger, hurt, embarrassment, or some other emotion that creates a negative reaction.
These are the issues buried inside us. Until we check in with our past, to discover these issues, we will continue to over react to situations or people that trigger negative responses in us.
We may not go into a rage, but we still feel 'the feeling' and become quiet and/or unable to respond at all... which manifests in obsession. Either way, we are the ones carrying the burden.
We need to acknowledge the problem in order to let it go.
We will have to admit that we can and will act in a way that we would rather not, say something we wish we hadn't, or give no reaction, but neither forgive nor forget either. These circumstances are a message to us that something still needs to be dealt with. We need to 'check in' to find out why we respond in that particular way, which requires that we look back into our past.
What this quote is saying is: you cannot change the past, you can't make your past life better or happier than it was. So don't hang out there and dwell on it.
But you can take care of your part in it, do what you can, atone. Apologize for past hurts and resentments to anyone that was involved. You need to make sure that YOU are on the list as well. Forgive yourself, you only do what you do until you know better, then you do better. It's all part of your journey, your growth. So look back, fix what you can, and then move forward.
There are many times in our lives where we react in a negative way. We don't always know what it was that set off the reaction. A button was pushed, something was triggered in us, and the result was anger, hurt, embarrassment, or some other emotion that creates a negative reaction.
These are the issues buried inside us. Until we check in with our past, to discover these issues, we will continue to over react to situations or people that trigger negative responses in us.
We may not go into a rage, but we still feel 'the feeling' and become quiet and/or unable to respond at all... which manifests in obsession. Either way, we are the ones carrying the burden.
We need to acknowledge the problem in order to let it go.
We will have to admit that we can and will act in a way that we would rather not, say something we wish we hadn't, or give no reaction, but neither forgive nor forget either. These circumstances are a message to us that something still needs to be dealt with. We need to 'check in' to find out why we respond in that particular way, which requires that we look back into our past.
What this quote is saying is: you cannot change the past, you can't make your past life better or happier than it was. So don't hang out there and dwell on it.
But you can take care of your part in it, do what you can, atone. Apologize for past hurts and resentments to anyone that was involved. You need to make sure that YOU are on the list as well. Forgive yourself, you only do what you do until you know better, then you do better. It's all part of your journey, your growth. So look back, fix what you can, and then move forward.
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