You cannot make new choices and new commitments while hanging onto the old history.
To compare with what was recreates it in your mind.
To judge what was holds you hostage to the regret or resentment you feel.
To feel guilt about mistakes made keeps you referencing and repeating those mistakes.
To make new, one must fully release what was.
History repeats itself simply because we hold it in our consciousness.
To remember continues its energy, impact and consequences in our body-mind.
Being vigilant to never repeat or defend against something keeps it replaying images and emotions.
Yes, backwards from what humanity teaches.—All faulty thinking!
These are mistaken beliefs!Use guilt to stop mistakes and sins.
Keep bringing up the past to stay conscious to never do it again.
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
When we are clear of judgment and free to choose, through exploration and experience, we learn.
Within us, there is an inner knowing about what is right and good, loving and kind.
Within us, there is seeking to discover what is highest and best for all.
When we experience people we love making mistakes in behavior or words, we question our knowing.
Children explore limits and boundaries.
Instead of experiencing natural consequences, we often impose punishments or buffer the consequences.
Instead of learning by seeing the negative results of negative choices, we may hear an authorities words distracting us from noticing what were the negative consequences. The distractions of others’ imposed judgments cause us to refer to another rather than listen within ourselves.
People are innately good.
People want to be good and do good.
People live in a world that often ignores, judges or sometimes punishes innate goodness.
People then use the external references to teach them what they should be or do.
Do you know right from wrong?
Do you know how to be helpful and how to be hurtful?
Do you see what works and what doesn’t work for you?
Do you know when someone is living in integrity and when someone is confused about their values?
Is it obvious to you when you have lost your way?
Do you have a way to find yourself back on track in alignment with your values/
Do you know how to right a wrong..forgiving and learning for yourself?
Do you have the willingness to allow others to learn from their mistakes or do you want to punish them?
To release and renew would mean creating a new relationship with yourself.
To release and renew would facilitate us all in starting again today with renewed commitments.
To release and renew would mean clearing the debris or the past and seeing what is present to build on.
To release and renew is like a breath of fresh air…choosing a better way for ourselves and for others.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Today is the day you have to begin again.
Today is the opportunity to love yourself and love others as you want to love.
Today is a gift to yourself to be shared freely with those you encounter.
Give your best today and you can rest assured that this day is Good.
Betty Lue