Coming into reality, or the truth of issues is instrumental for us to heal. Working through our “stuff” to get beyond what took place must be done, in order to relieve ourselves of any anger, burden or guilt. If we allow ourselves to move beyond the past, we gain maturity and life begins to look and feel more like a journey. We understand that the road is not always smooth.

To learn from the past we need to look in see the facts. In time it becomes obvious that what is done is done. We may ask ourself, must I continue to go over past issues in my mind and feel awful? No, I will take the experience. What will be my growth? What have I learned? How am I wiser? This is the more positive way of thinking.

To walk forward from our own past it is necessary to say, “I forgive myself, because I love myself.”
I allow myself to be imperfect that I may continue to learn, and in turn I move forward into my lessons rather than get stuck in the thinking that I have made errors and now I am a failure.

My perfection comes from my imperfection that I am learning and growing. With my own wisdom I see further that I now have knowledge to avoid my past behavior, that was limiting my life. So from this moment I am forgiving myself because I was not in my clear thinking. But now, having been through this experience I am seeing my own mistakes. I am taking responsibility for my errors and I am bigger, I am stronger, I am more well informed about life now. I am better equipped to continue on my path.”

We are human beings, living this human experience. Having a past makes us human, and dealing with the past makes us wiser.