Feeling Good Tip of the Day ~ Close the Door to the Past

Yesterday is Over – It’s All About Today & Tomorrow

To live a stress-free life, you have to stop living in your past. I know it seems like fun to compare everything in your present to your past, and to experience the present through past-colored glasses, but it actually isn’t.

When you wear past-colored glasses, you can’t truly experience the present for what it is. Your boyfriend or girlfriend gets compared to a list of expectations and failed relationships rather than recognized for the unique blessing they are in your life. Your boss gets compared to all the bosses who came before her. Your friends’ ability to parent gets compared to your parents’ ability to parent.

Everyone deserves to stand on their own past-free merit.

NOTE: We frequently accept rules  about the past that determine how we live today. If the rules are no longer valid, drop them quicker than you would drop a burning hot charcoal.