How to leave the past to where it belongs

Imagine yourself in a forest where you have two paths in front of you. One leading to the future of yourself and another one which takes you back from where you started. Which one would you prefer to choose?

Most people would obviously choose the one which takes them to the future. Then why do we live in past whenever somebody hurt us so much?

Following are some of the best ways to let go the past to where it belongs to.

Acknowledging it

The first and foremost step is to simply acknowledge that few things did happened. It could have been your mistake too. But that doesn’t mean that it is the end of the world. Don’t surround yourself with the sorrow and pains of the past, come forward to the future. Because there is nothing you can do about your past now, so why live there.

Respect your Progress

The best way to come out of your past is to start respecting who you are today and what have you really become (if at all a good person after that). Pick out few moments for which you have regretted the most in your life, and lookup on it how you have changed those. Let your old thinking go away and new thinking adapt your life for better future.

It is not Future

Most people stay in their past, and never taste the feeling of future. Don’t let that happen. Your past is just one of those bad chapters in your book. Just because one chapter is bad, doesn't mean that the book itself is bad. Ultimately, your past cannot decide your future, but only you can.

Share Experiences

Because now you have something which you have learnt from your past, then why not share it with others and become their role model. Sharing experience is one of the ways to enlighten yourself and move forward.

Learning from Past

Above all of it, you need to accept and respect your past. Your past have taught you a lot of things in your life. Don’t let the learnings go away from your life. You are only leaving your past behind, not the learnings.

While I completely understand that coming out of past is definitely not an easy one, but if you are able to make it, then you would progress so much in life.