The Past Is Gone But We Can Still Learn From It
You can better understand yourself and your life by examining your past.
Your present can be directly attributed to your past, just as your future is determined by the beliefs, thoughts, and actions you take in the present.
It’s important to avoid living in the past, but you can still use the past to your advantage.
Understand How Your Past Has Influenced The Person You’ve Become:
1. What was your childhood like? How did your parents treat you? What was your experience like at school? Did you have a lot of friends? Did you go to church? How did you use playtime?
• Think about your best and worst experiences. How have those influenced your life? Did you have a bad experience in gym class that turned you off of sports? Were you bullied? Did you become a scientist because you received a lot of recognition for your success in high school science classes?
2. Make a list of your biggest failures. Choose the top 10 failures and leave the others alone for another time.
3. Why did those challenges occur? Where did you go wrong? Did you fail to make a wise decision? Did you give up to quickly? Did you act without thinking or without enough information?
• Examining your failures is an excellent way to prevent them from reoccurring throughout your lifetime. Repeating mistakes is par for the course. You can do better! Examine your mistakes so you can avoid them in the future.
4. Make a list of the things you don’t like about your life. Maybe you don’t like your job, your house, or your physique. What happened in the past to lead to those negative circumstances? What mistakes did you make that caused these situations to arise?
• Can you see how a few changes could lead to a big difference in the future? What are the likely outcomes if you fail to change today?
Once you have made your list, it’s time to start changing things. Creating change within life is much easier to do when you are at peace with yourself. Creating inner peace can be as simple as participating in some simple meditation sessions. Click below to get some great meditations as a free gift from us to you.
