Time to Move

"Don't judge yourself by your past.

You don't live there anymore. - unknown

We’ve all been there.  We made mistakes in the past, as we were growing and learning.  We made some stupid decisions.  Consequences followed - hopefully - or else why bother to do better?

Sometimes old memories may haunt us.  Yet we can work on changing for the better.  As the above quote says - we don’t live in the past - except in our minds where we make ourselves  go back, and end up judging ourselves for how we acted back then.

🎨Belgian artist Jos Troch

We are able to make a strong effort to move away from the past, into today.  OK, we carry luggage while moving.  Well, time to change that too.  Letting go of past mistakes, finding forgiveness in oneself, and sharing the burdensome past with a friend, or therapist, with someone, can help ease that transition.

It’s time to move into the present - into a new house of the mind.  Be kind, be warm, be forgiving.  Be accepting.  And if you please, be a good Christian.  Don’t be angry and hateful or exclusive.  Be human with a touch of loving spirit, inclusiveness, acceptance of who is different.

We can transform our lives and be an influence for others as well, without forcing our beliefs and ideas on others.

We can live in the here and now and be free of judgment.

We are not going back.  We are moving forward.     Theresa M

🎨New Zealand artist Peter Siddell