If we fill our hours with regrets over the failures of yesterday, and with worries over the problems of tomorrow, we have no today in which to be thankful — Unknown
When I would think about the past I would often think of regrets, regret for things I had done, regret for things I had not done. But today I am grateful for the past.
I no longer choose to live in the past, but put all my effort into focusing on the present. It is the past that binds us with chains so strong it can stop all forward movement in our lives. I cannot ignore the past, but I can limit its power by allowing it to serve its one and only purpose in my life.
The past now serves as an open text book, a book filled with the many lessons I learned in times of success and times of perceived failure.
I am working hard to forgive myself for past mistakes, so I can see those lessons a bit more clearly, and apply them to my growing knowledge bank, and draw upon them when confronted with new situations in the future.
The past no longer holds me back, I am moving forward in my life, I have begun to grow again.
I am grateful for the past, and all its valuable lessons it brings, but I choose to live in the present.
