"We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present.” ~Marianne Williamson
The present is what we have. If we think we have a grip on the past, all we're really saying is that we remember what happened before. And what purpose does it serve? Yes, maybe we learn something from what happened in the past. But surely we didn't learn enough to want to spend all our free time there.
Surely there are some beautiful things that happen in our past. We became engaged. We married. We got a promotion at work. Or we graduated from college. We witnessed the birth of our children..
But most of the time when we're talking about the past, we're usually reminiscing about some trauma. Or some terrible things happened in the past that we just can't seem to get over. The past is a vast landscape and we can waste a lot of time wandering through it. We might be like the archaeologist that digs through the strata, hoping to find something unique or different. But more likely, he's just passing time, trying to figure things out. Why did this or that happen to someone like me? And if we do find out why it happened or what happened, so what? Whatever happened happened; The best thing we can is hope that we don't repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
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