and i just read it again and i love it even more, every single sentence resonates, and i feel so grateful for finding you online, and getting access to such powerful nuggets of wisdom!

One reason we dont escape viscious circles is because we tend to “remember the past”, we project our past into the future, then, take baby steps towards the same things we dread.

i got to a stage after my divorce where i felt i would be better off dead, since my life would definatley end up just like my messed up single parent mother!

Ive had to do tons of therapy, to get over the past, Now i choose to see the world as a basket of infinite possibilities…i am not my past!

I’ve always lived with the cloud of my past hanging over my head telling myself “there you go, making the same mistake again. You’ll never make it”, up until a few months ago when I got to a point in my life where I said to myself that “enough is enough”.

I decided that I will no longer be just “living to die” and actually “show up” to life. Ain’t been easy, but hey it’s been a heck of a better ride that the one I’ve had for the past 40 years of my life.

Your posts and friendly style of writing help a lot.

Thanks my friend and I tip my hat to you for your wisdom and the extraordinary ability you possess to share it with the world. I admire you and respect your talent.

All the best for 2010,

A

Thinking you can just ignore and “move on ” is why many people who grew up in abusive homes become victims of abuse or abusers themselves, for instance. You are not your past, but you cant just leave it at the bus stop and think it wont follow you home either.
.-= Carla´s last blog ..Brave, Stupid or Both? =-.

I especially love the phrase “the bounty of the present”. It’s just so cool.

This is my first visit to your site, thanks to Mark Dykeman’s recommendation. Favouriting it now…
.-= Barb McMahon´s last blog ..The Last Twelve Drops =-.