Getting Past Your Past

The scars nobody can see...the ones only you know exist; These are the scars of past experiences and they are the hardest to heal. There is no ointment to apply, no medicine to take. The only remedy for these blemishes is time and acceptance. The thing about time is that it's going to pass, regardless of what you do, so you might as well make the most of it. Sometimes though, even after many years, you find yourself brooding over painful experiences, unable to get past them. You become so consumed with what has been or could have been, when instead you should be focusing on the future. We all know it's not possible to turn back the hands of time, but you can contrive your future. Sometimes people believe that who they were before, is all they will ever be. Of course that's ridiculous.You really can do whatever you set your mind to, but first you have to drop the weight of the past. Letting who you were yesterday, define who you are today and who you will be tomorrow will put a damper on your personal growth, and may rob you of happiness in the present. Understand that letting go of your past doesn't mean forgetting or denying who you are. It's important to remember; you should use life experiences as motivation to transform into the best you can be. Even the traumatic events you've experienced allowed you to learn and grow into the person you have become. Self perception has an incredible affect on your behavior, the decisions you make and the way you choose to live your life. The way you think tends to be the way you act. So if you think you are undeserving of the things you want, you most likely will not achieve them. If you have high self-esteem, confidence and a good opinion of yourself, you will more than likely accomplish your goals and create the changes you want. Think better, do better, be better.

"What you need to know about the past is that no matter what happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new."
                                                                                                          ~Unknown