December 4, 2008
We all have a story to tell. We have all been through breakups, bad experiences, good times and bad times.
The experiences we have all gone through are what have shaped us to who we are today. Although we recognize our experiences that have shaped us, why do we still dwell on our past?
Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about an event that happened in your past, to where you sit there asking "I wonder what life would be like, if this didn't happen," or "I should have done this differently," or any other question like these?
We tend to do this probably more often than we consciously realize. Whether we admit it or not, our past is very significant to how we live our lives today. It may be the past, but every now and then we still seem to go backwards when we should be concentrating on going forwards.
What eventually happens is we spend so much time going backwards that we almost fall behind on going forwards.
When we dwell on the past, we steal from our future. For each day we dwell on something that happened a long time ago, we lose that much time working to better our lives and ourselves. That is time that we cannot get back.
Since life is so short, why should we postpone our future or even delay our present to dwell on things that we cannot control that happened in the past?
Whatever happened in our past is done and over with. There is nothing that we can physically do to change our past or control what the outcome was.
However, there are things that we can control about our future. The less time we spend dwelling on our past, the more time we have to prepare to better our future.
We are the only ones that can control our thoughts and actions. If we work on controlling our thoughts, moving in a positive direction and stop living in the past, the future will be brighter on the other side.
Let go of the past. Learn from your experiences as you move forward in life. Don't look at your past as time wasted or energy lost. Be thankful that certain things happened because it taught you lessons that characterized you into who you are today, and who you will eventually become tomorrow.
We all have a story to tell. We have all been through breakups, bad experiences, good times and bad times.
The experiences we have all gone through are what have shaped us to who we are today. Although we recognize our experiences that have shaped us, why do we still dwell on our past?
Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about an event that happened in your past, to where you sit there asking "I wonder what life would be like, if this didn't happen," or "I should have done this differently," or any other question like these?
We tend to do this probably more often than we consciously realize. Whether we admit it or not, our past is very significant to how we live our lives today. It may be the past, but every now and then we still seem to go backwards when we should be concentrating on going forwards.
What eventually happens is we spend so much time going backwards that we almost fall behind on going forwards.
When we dwell on the past, we steal from our future. For each day we dwell on something that happened a long time ago, we lose that much time working to better our lives and ourselves. That is time that we cannot get back.
Since life is so short, why should we postpone our future or even delay our present to dwell on things that we cannot control that happened in the past?
Whatever happened in our past is done and over with. There is nothing that we can physically do to change our past or control what the outcome was.
However, there are things that we can control about our future. The less time we spend dwelling on our past, the more time we have to prepare to better our future.
We are the only ones that can control our thoughts and actions. If we work on controlling our thoughts, moving in a positive direction and stop living in the past, the future will be brighter on the other side.
Let go of the past. Learn from your experiences as you move forward in life. Don't look at your past as time wasted or energy lost. Be thankful that certain things happened because it taught you lessons that characterized you into who you are today, and who you will eventually become tomorrow.
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