There are many things that, no matter how much you try and how hard you attempt, you cannot change them. The past is one of those things. The reason history cannot be changed is simply because we can't travel back in time to effect some changes. You need an extensive amount of maturity to be able to accept what you know you cannot change.
Many people are stuck in the present because they won't let go of their past. To access the future, you have to let go of the errors of the past. Remember, anyone that drives forward but constantly looking backwards is set for a crash. In the same way, you need to understand that no matter how you brood over what happened in the past, it won't still change it. On your part, you can take necessary actions today that will set your future aright.
There are some people that are still beating themselves and blaming themselves over their past errors. Well, you need to learn to forgive yourself for the past errors and make peace with yourself to avoid your future being haunted by your past. Forgiving others starts from forgiving yourself and that includes letting go of past errors.
By forgiving yourself, it does not mean you have concluded that your errors where right. It only means that you have learnt from them and positioned yourself to be a better human. What happens in and around you has its root in the mind and you can't have bitterness in your mind and expect to see sweetness around you.
A bottle that holds sour wine does not hold sweet wine at the same time, otherwise the sweet wine will be compromised. In the same way, what you want to see in your life, you have to make it your dominant thought. For you to set your paths aright, you need to ease up the thoughts that always draw you to your past errors. No one is without past mistakes but you have the choice to either learn from them and move on or to be held bound by them.
Moving on means taking a walk from negative thoughts to positive actions. Your past has only one purpose to serve and that is to teach you lessons. It takes maturity to learn the lessons and apply them to have a great future.
Thanks for reading
Wow that's so true.
Beautiful write up :)
FF = forgive and forget
Lol, yeah.. "FF"
Thanks a lot @liverpool-fan :)
I think it is good to learn from the past but not to get stuck in it. Letting go and forgiving others and yourself brings a lot of inner peace. Thanks for sharing!
Exactly, inner peace comes from forgiving not only others but one's self.
Thanks a lot for the nice comment
My pleasure!