Leaving It All Behind

A new exercise I'm trying to do is not letting my past live in the present.

Don't you ever think back to those good old days where you were so happy and carefree? Whether they were your school days or college party days, they were great memories. I find myself thinking about the "good old days" and what great of a person I was. So happy, so carefree and enjoying life.

But be careful because I found a negative side to this. I found myself in the present wishing for yesterday...trying to relive my past. And it doesn't work.

The negatives of the past. Yes we all have had a scar or two, maybe more. Bad relationships, bad choices, even regrets. We keep wishing for a "what if" a..."if only" and imagine that that would be the better choice. Well...it doesn't. We don't know for sure if it would have been a better choice, a better outcome, or "the right way".

I've wasted much of my years and time on both actions. Wishing away my regreats and dreaming of my past happiness. But both of these don't help my present or future.

Like in Kung Fu Panda, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it's called the present."

My lesson for myself...to live your day to the fullest and let tomorrow worry about itself. Try not to bring up past experiences and do what you can do today to change what is making you unhappy. And when I feel like I'm having a bad day I think about how lucky I am for today and how I'm right where I am suppose to be.