Is your past guiding you or anchoring you? I ran into…
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Is your past guiding you or anchoring you?
I ran into someone today who started telling me about his life. As I listened, I realized he was not really talking about his past. He was still living in it.
Every painful experience was stacked on top of another. Every disappointment was still being carried. His mind kept replaying moments that were already over, but because he continued giving them his attention and energy, they still felt present.
It reminded me how easily we can confuse remembering the past with living in it.
Your past has value. It teaches you. It shows you where you have been, what hurt you, what worked, what did not, and what you may want to do differently next time.
But it was never meant to become your home.
Think of your past as a lighthouse. A lighthouse helps you see where the rocks are, but you do not sail backward and tie your boat to them. You use that awareness to choose a better direction.
That is where AAR begins.
Awareness of what happened.
Accountability for what you do with it now.
Responsibility for where you go next.
You cannot influence what has already happened. But you have tremendous influence over the meaning you give it and the actions you choose today.
Learn from yesterday without sacrificing today to it.
Your past can explain parts of you, but it does not have to define the person you become.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#past #illumination #choose #destination #light
Background Photo Credit:
Luca Severin
I ran into someone today who started telling me about his life. As I listened, I realized he was not really talking about his past. He was still living in it.
Every painful experience was stacked on top of another. Every disappointment was still being carried. His mind kept replaying moments that were already over, but because he continued giving them his attention and energy, they still felt present.
It reminded me how easily we can confuse remembering the past with living in it.
Your past has value. It teaches you. It shows you where you have been, what hurt you, what worked, what did not, and what you may want to do differently next time.
But it was never meant to become your home.
Think of your past as a lighthouse. A lighthouse helps you see where the rocks are, but you do not sail backward and tie your boat to them. You use that awareness to choose a better direction.
That is where AAR begins.
Awareness of what happened.
Accountability for what you do with it now.
Responsibility for where you go next.
You cannot influence what has already happened. But you have tremendous influence over the meaning you give it and the actions you choose today.
Learn from yesterday without sacrificing today to it.
Your past can explain parts of you, but it does not have to define the person you become.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#past #illumination #choose #destination #light
Background Photo Credit:
Luca Severin
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