Our personal history is all the things in our past that has kept us the same. If we don’t want more of the same and in order to move forward to our life purpose, we have to let go of our history. Letting go of our personal history; the bits we’re not so proud of means making peace with the past. Making peace with the people that ‘should-ed’ all over you, making peace with yourself for denying you. Don’t blame yourself, it’s not worth it. The negative experiences in the past have shaped you into becoming the person you are today; the person reading this post. Accept the past for what it was and move forward.
Whatever you have done or said before is gone. You can’t go back in time and rub it out. Rather than live in the past, make peace with yourself and forgive yourself. What you have to understand is that each experience you have had has led you to where you are today. It is your choice to either continue with hurtful actions and words towards yourself and other people and be stuck in an uncomfortable life. Stay as you are right now just thinking about working towards your life purpose or actually committing to seeking out and living it. It’s all about you and your choices.
Regret for decisions you made in the past is a waste of time. Regret is a powerful emotional energy and becomes a problem when you continually immerse yourself in this thought pattern. It can lead to depression, anxiety and chronic stress. Let go of it, you can’t change it but you can move away from past choices. Each day is a new day where you can start over. In fact each minute and each second are new, they’ll never be repeated again, so you have so many new starts and choices available to you.