Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Looking Past the Past

Your past haunts you in more ways than one. It can consume you until there isn’t a future to look forward to, there is always a past to look into. People hardly ever notice this defect in their lives, others that do notice aren’t able to control it and take a stand against it. I am a victim of this epidemic. I always see what the problem is and the solution, however I am never able to get the grip on how to put those solutions into action. It is only human instinct to compare situations from the past when faced with a similar one. The issue lies with in taking the lesson learned from past experience and using it to better the new situation or to get past it. Most people, like me, dwell on the past situation. We harbor those feelings that we thought we may have moved on from. We may have prayed for healing, even changed our lives around a little to change those feelings but when faced with a similar situation we revert back to those feelings and regurgitate the outcome. So how do you move past the old and embrace the new? It’s a scary thing when the old has hurt you, or disappointed you. All I can really say is give it a chance. Approach the situation in a different manner not using the past as a crutch. Do not hold onto what was and let what is in. There are always signs, like huge red flags, that will always let you know if this particular situation will be like the last. It is up to you to point them out in the beginning in order to see a change or to deal with it and get the same results. Look past what you have been through, other things people have done to you because even though there are hints of those situations in your current one, one strong belief in change can make all the difference.

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