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Living in the past and what could have or should have happend. What I wanted to happen, none of which did. Things we always think about tend to be things that happend in the past. For whatever reason, thinking about the past is something that each and everyone of us do each day. I recall saying, "Never forget the mistakes that we make, but learn from them." This is advice that I believe most people would give to anyone when discussing the past. That's one reason why we teach history in todays school systems. I'm pretty sure that everyone of my history teachers have said this, "We have history classes, so you and future generations don't make the same mistakes that past generations made." That's an exellent reason to have history in the school system. But what about in our own life? What happens when we learn about our own past by dwelling in it? Is it a bad thing to, "Live in the past?"
My answer to that question is yes. When we begin to live life in the past, we tend to forget about the present and the future. By living in the past, we begin to think about the "What ifs" or the "Coulda, Whoulda, Shoulda." If our minds are over run by thinking thoughts of what we should have done, then obviously our minds are not thinking about what's happening at the present moment. What's the point of a pity party that's set in the past? If we are constantly thinking of what happend and what we should have done to change this or fix that, then it is apparent that we aren't thinking of the postives that we should thinking about. Our feelings have a tremendous power over us. By constantly fueling those feelings of hurt and loss or whatever by living in the past, we are hurting ourself now. Research has been done that feelings can make you sick. The power of the mind has a tremendous amount of power. If you think yourself to be sick, then eventually you will become sick. If you tell yourself that you are happy, you will become happy. If you think about the past, you will live in the past.
I guess what I'm getting to here is that I think about the past a lot. Usually, not thinking about the postive things that have happend, but the things that didn't. Even by writing this and saying what I've said, it's something that I do and I wish I didn't. Quite frankly I'm sick of doing it. You have control over your feeling, but it's how you use them is what counts. Sometimes I can't help the way about how I feel about people or certain situations. What I can change is the way I reacted to them and utimitly get over them. whatever happens, happens, it's just now I know the truth.
My answer to that question is yes. When we begin to live life in the past, we tend to forget about the present and the future. By living in the past, we begin to think about the "What ifs" or the "Coulda, Whoulda, Shoulda." If our minds are over run by thinking thoughts of what we should have done, then obviously our minds are not thinking about what's happening at the present moment. What's the point of a pity party that's set in the past? If we are constantly thinking of what happend and what we should have done to change this or fix that, then it is apparent that we aren't thinking of the postives that we should thinking about. Our feelings have a tremendous power over us. By constantly fueling those feelings of hurt and loss or whatever by living in the past, we are hurting ourself now. Research has been done that feelings can make you sick. The power of the mind has a tremendous amount of power. If you think yourself to be sick, then eventually you will become sick. If you tell yourself that you are happy, you will become happy. If you think about the past, you will live in the past.
I guess what I'm getting to here is that I think about the past a lot. Usually, not thinking about the postive things that have happend, but the things that didn't. Even by writing this and saying what I've said, it's something that I do and I wish I didn't. Quite frankly I'm sick of doing it. You have control over your feeling, but it's how you use them is what counts. Sometimes I can't help the way about how I feel about people or certain situations. What I can change is the way I reacted to them and utimitly get over them. whatever happens, happens, it's just now I know the truth.