🌠How To NOT Turn Back Time Yet Boldly Move Forward?

Ever feel like you’ve fallen short of communications with either those you love, or those who have to work with, or your colleagues in the industry or the like?

IF so, how do you make peace with yourself over the past?

For me, personally, it’s by realizing that one really cannot *change* the past.

Nor can one simply keep knee-jerking in response to the same provocations again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

It’s been said that doing the same thing 1,000 times and expecting a different outcome (heh. I just noticed – the first syllable and opposite meaning of ‘outcome’ is ‘income’ which means more buy buttons, but I digress) is the height of idjutness.

So where DO you go, AFTER you’ve finally internalized that you cannot change the past?

You use that *very same* past as a diveboard for the future of course (I mean, heck, why go timidly via stepping stones when you can blast that sucker to infinity and beyond!).

And how do you do *that*?

You start by forgiving yourself.

And you continue by realizing you truly ARE only human… and as such, creating brilliantly glorious mistakes that makes the sun seem like a frail, burned out lightbulb in comparison (unless you’re passing by the Solar Energy display in Costco and hear the salesman ask that nice lady wearing the green gym outfit, don’t you want to plug your heating bill directly into the sun)…

… well, it’s kinda sorta to be expected.

From there, you leap joyfully to the understanding that while you cannot control how other people act, you CAN choose to control how you *react*.

And *that’s* what gives you the courage to admit – “Yep, I F’d up. If I could change the past, I would, but I can’t, so I’m not going to waste my precious moments on this planet angsting about spilled coffee. Nor am I going to immerse myself in my echo chamber that tries to hammer home, honestly I was RIGHT all along!

Gnope. Instead, I’m going to admit my weakness and take pride in the fact I’m self-confident enough to say, I’m sorry, I was wrong…. and then I’m going to *let it go*.

I cannot force you to accept my apology. Nor do I want to. That has to come from within.”

And you take note to yourself just HOW you messed up and do your darndest NOT to make the same mistake in the future.

Now, flawed human beans that we are, chances are you will mess up again no matter what.

And that is okay.

Because alas, sometimes it takes more than 1 lesson (perhaps more like 845 of ’em) to truly *learn*.

Your takeaway?

Be the best *you* that you can be. Don’t beat yourself up over what you got wrong yesterday.

Instead, prop yourself up knowing you’ll be better… tomorrow.

Enjoy!