1) KEEP YOUR MEMORIES IN CONTEXT – Context, for our intents and purposes, is keeping your memories in the framework of your personal power. Memories have great emotion attached to them. The power of these emotions is such that it can trick your physical senses into feeling the same as when you had the experience. Despite the fact that it happened years ago, you can feel as though you are still in the thick of it. You feel drained and ill-prepared to face your days with a healthy, positive attitude. When you remember, do so from the perspective of all things working together for your good. Yes, I know that there are things that happen to us in life that are beyond our ability to explain; and they hurt. Reserve judgment on these things that are impossible for you to figure out. Focus on the understanding that even through the tragedy; you are a stronger person for having survived the experience. You are living, breathing proof that it is not impossible to make it through in a healthy productive way. Keep in mind that you past, good and bad, make up who you are today so it's all good!

2) FACE THE PAST WITHOUT APOLOGY OR REGRET – The point is not that any of us is perfect; we are just eager to learn from every situation and move on from it. Don't worry or concern yourself with what you could have done better or if this or that hadn't happen. It happened and guess what; you're still just as valuable and destined for greatness! Listen to me; people don't succeed in life because they have a past that's crystal clear. Make peace with your past experiences, chalk them up as a learning experience and move on into your destiny! The best way to move forward in life past your past is to focus on your personal goals by following your own convictions. Don't betray yourself by becoming a servant to instant gratification. Yes, there are some things that you emotionally want right now. You have to believe that they will be there when they get there! Your job is not to try to force things that you have no control over. Your job is to enjoy your journey. You can't do that by feeling somehow captive to a bad past experience. Get over all of it and face your past without apology or regret!

3) MAKE FORGIVENESS A WORKING REALITY IN YOUR LIFE – Unforgiveness or the refusal to 'let things go' is like a stopped up toilet. Everything that you don't 'release' through forgiveness will end up 'coming back up' and be seen in areas of your life. Forgiveness is what keeps you from becoming what you've been through. Break the cycle! Have you ever said "I will never treat anyone like (fill in the blank) treated me!" and then ended doing something very similar? Why? It's because when you release things they come out of your heart. Your heart is that place on the inside of you where images are built. How you see yourself as well as how you see the rest of the world. This is where we get our perspective from which is the basis of our behavior. So when we hold these things inside, they shape who we are today. Are you who you want to be? Clean out your heart! Essentially, the first recipient of your newfound benevolence is YOU! Yes, yes, yes, the only way to do step 2 is to practice step 3 on you. You can change you relationship with your past from an anchor that keeps you from soaring to a springboard that propels you into your destiny; and forgiveness is the start!

As you step from underneath the shadows of the past, you will see life in a whole new light. Things you did not notice before will be illuminated to you. It's time to move your was to make way for your right now and simultaneously create your will be!

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