PUT THE PAST IN THE PAST….
Well, it’s time to hit the nearest bus stop and ask these negative people politely to exit. You have no more need for them to stay on your bus if they have given you negative beliefs and thoughts – it’s time to fill up your seats with positive people.
We really have to think long and hard if negative past experiences are still affecting our daily lives?
Do we behave the way we do because of what we were taught, or are we coming from a place of love and appreciation for life for who we are now?
Remember, it’s easy to stay stuck in what we were taught even if this pattern doesn’t work anymore; AWARENESS of our actions, awareness of our words, and awareness of our reactions. To make a change, we must be AWARE that a change needs to happen. Again the word – AWARENESS!
We must first be AWARE and then we must be READY to make the changes….
We all have hurts from our past. We all have wounds from our past and by changing our core beliefs of things that have hurt us, we can begin changing our lives. When we choose to remain stuck in our past it causes us to remain stagnant. “WE” then decide that we want to become victims of our past. Think about some events of your life and how you have reacted to them? Did you react like a victim from your past or did you react in a thoughtful way with new ideas and thoughts without being a victim?
We are who we are due to our past experiences…..
Negative things happen to us all, but what do we do with those negative things? Do we take those past thoughts and experiences and turn it into a positive or better yet say, “This doesn’t work anymore, and I really don’t like the way this feels anymore.” Would you rather change your old ways? In the book, The Pocket Pema Chodron affirms, “the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds – never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun.”
Our past may be the clouds that may be blocking who we truly are!
Remember, may the possibilities of today excite us all!
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” it’s time to hit the nearest bus stop and ask these negative people politely to exit. You have no more need for them to stay on your bus if they have given you negative beliefs and thoughts – it’s time to fill up your seats with positive people. ”
Many of us allow people to stay in our lives because of the length of the relationship. Like that gives them credits.
We did not sign up for a life sentence.
It always makes me smile when you visit my friend Corinne!
You are so right about our allowing people to continue to stay in our lives due to the length of the relationship – I would be happy to trade my credits for something worthwhile – like trade every negative credit for a positive credit!
Thank you for coming by,
Nancy
Hi there! This post couldn’t be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept chatting about this. I will forward this write-up to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!
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Hello Tia,
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for sharing this post.
In gratitude,
Nancy