How to Move Forward

Personal experience. There is a place for mourning and finding acceptance in the crisis stages, but don't get stuck there. There is a time to say the past is the past, and it does not exist in the present.  We are all evolving, and we are changing. I have noted in the past on the blog that who we are as a person seems to reset in much faster periods than in times past.  In 6 months, your reality shifts from where it was in the past.  It does not mean that the past was not worthy of its part in your story.  Quite the contrary.  It was a domino to lead you forward.  However, who YOU are and who others are has so shifted in 6 months that who you remember yourself to be does not exist anymore, and who others are does not, either.

This does run somewhat contrary to my posts about how something was true in the period of history in which it happened and will always be true in that period.  That is true.  But, we all evolve.  We all shift.  I have noted in years past that the best we can hope is that we evolve in the same direction as others in our lives. However, change happens, whether we like it or not.  

So, when you really understand that, you come to understand that anyone you would  blame, no longer exists.  And, the person you would defend, no longer exists.

In theology, there is a distinction between soul and spirit in saying that the soul is our depth and meaning and legacy and personality, which is always changing.  Yet, our spirit is life, and it is always changing... by its very nature.  It is growing and living and becoming and adapting.  It is not permanent but contributes to the permanance.

So, in moving forward, you need to undersand that yesterday is gone.  Treasure or challenge, it does not exist, anymore.  Today, however, is always adaptable to whatever you learn and process and know to be true.  Today, is the canvas of tomorrow.  It will always include elements of the past, but it is always being written... always unfinished til you draw your last breath.

So, the purpose of this post is simply to say, your story is not done.  Don't fight to resurrect the past.  it no longer exists.  Don't hate.  Don't defend.  Don't let the past hold any sway on you at all.  Live today..... LIVE today.  And, let that inform you as you guide your way forward. 

And, tomorrow will result.  I believe in tomorrow, and you will learn it is the entire purpose of life for you.  I know you will find amazing adventures there.