2007-03-03 14:30:06 · 6 answers · asked by Didgeridude 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
the great Apostle Paul said "forgetting what lies behind, I press on to the goal and the prize." We do not live with facts of our lives, we live with the STORY we TELL ourselves about the facts of our lives. Start telling yourself a different story about what has happened to you in the past. This is not self-hypnosis, but may be like meditation. Begin putting a positive spin on what has happened to you. You will believe what you tell yourself. Thoughts are powerful things.
2007-03-03 14:42:30 · answer #1 · answered by Margaret H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Realize that you can't change the past no matter how much you think about it. Don't let something that happened years before define who you are today. You have the power to change - no one else has the power to do it for you. Write it all down - the whole thing thats affecting you and then burn it? Just some ideas.
2007-03-03 14:40:24 · answer #2 · answered by kelly-il 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just decide to let the past go, even as painful as it may be, and only look to the future. Live one day at a time and try to not let the past rule your life.
2007-03-03 14:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by Leah J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use your past experiences, find the knowledge that came from them and use it in your present. Your past will always have a story. Its how you tell it in the present that makes a difference. Learn from every experience and make yourself stronger from it.
2007-03-03 14:45:44 · answer #4 · answered by hbuckmeister 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accept that your past was your past. You cannot change anything in it, but this is your opportunity to live, now, in the present.
2007-03-03 16:59:07 · answer #5 · answered by Terry Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By asking for forgiveness for the crappy things you did and realizing that the crappy things that happened to you because of someone else was not your fault. You are loved and beautiful and deserve to move on.
2007-03-03 14:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋