How to move past the PAST.
Moving on from the trials, tribulations, defeats, trespasses, missed opportunities, losses and hard-done-by’s is easier said than done. But oh-so necessary.
Fulfillment can not be experienced when the mind, and heart, are trapped in the happenings of yesterday. To MOVE FORWARD you must LOOK FORWARD.
If you catch yourself saying would’ve, could’ve & should’ve OFTEN….ring the bell. Ding. Ding.
And this week I sure had to ring the bell on myself. And not a wimpy little bell either…I needed a huge ass GONG BELL to snap out of my self-imposed would’ve, could’ve, should’ve prison.
The truth is that those three common words are dis-empowering. They are based on WHAT IF. “If” meaning “Impossible Fantasies”. It’s so easy to get sucked into our elaborate stories of alternate experiences. What if I hadn’t taken that job? What if I had spoken up? What if I didn’t get in the car that day, at that time, and driven that route?
It’s natural to play in the What If’s. Just don’t get STUCK there. Consciously focus instead on WHAT IS. “IS” meaning “Infinite Signs”. When you are open to the PRESENT, to everything as it is in the here and now, you become more receptive to the infinite signs the universe is providing to you. Signs to help you live your life in the best way possible.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF TODAY WHEN STEWING IN THE PAST.
So if you DO find yourself hanging out with COULD’VE, WOULD’VE & SHOULD’VE (like I did this week) ask yourself these two simple yet powerful questions.
1. What could I have done differently?
2. What have I learned?
Let your truths come forward. Accept the lessons (and revelations) life has graciously provided you. Cry, phone a friend (or four), eat some chocolate. Breathe. And then look forward to move forward.
THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
