“When
you make a mistake, don’t
look back at it long. Take
the reason of
the thing into your mind and then look forward.
Mistakes are lessons of wisdom.
The past cannot be changed.
The
future is yet in your power.” ~
Hugh
White
Good
Morning!
When I was
about sixteen, I had
one of those lightbulb moments. As
a
teen, I battled obsessive-compulsive disorder (and still do today), but
at that
point, I had not yet been diagnosed and my thoughts and emotions were
all over
the board. I often
felt discouraged,
would beat myself up, or feel guilty – many times for things that were
completely out of my control.
I also lived in
a very small
town, about three hundred residents in all.
There was a local café where many people would cluster and discuss the
town gossip. I was amazed at how much of
this gossip focused on the negative and on the past. As I
listened, I realized that in my mind, I
was doing much the same thing. I was
rehashing the past, feeling guilt for it, and losing the present moment
as I
battled something from yesterday.
The lightbulb
moment came when I
asked myself, “How would my life change is I spent nine-tenths of that
time
focusing on changing the present
instead of rehashing the past?” Not
only
did I ask the question, I began living the answer.
My life changed in phenomenal ways. By living in the moment,
yet learning from
the past, the concept of regret became a rare one for me, because I was
making
today count.
At sixteen, I
didn’t realize that
moment would become the first building block for living a content and
complete
life. I didn’t know it would be a building
block for the Change Your Life
Challenge
program that has helped over ten thousand women find the same
contentment in
all areas of their lives.
Your Turn: What if you
devoted nine-tenths of the time
you now spend thinking about the past to changing the present? I know you would realize
wonderful
things. Try it for
thirty days. This
simple concept can revolutionize your
life.
Today’s Affirmation: I
learn from the past, but I don’t sit in
detention…instead I move forward and maximize the moment.
