Why You Can’t Change The Past

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“The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for.”– Dan Millman

The time to forget your past failures is now. The place to do it is right here, right where you are. Allow yourself to forget the past. The past is gone. There is nothing you can do about it. You can’t bring it back. No, you can’t.

Whatever may have happened to you in the past, let it go. Do not walk around with your past disappointments. It hurts!

The only thing you can do something about is NOW. The only place to start it is right here, right now. You can do something to change your present, but you can’t do anything to change your past. If that is the case, then why are you worrying yourself about what you cannot change?

To enjoy your life, you must do what you can to change your present. You must not worry yourself about your past failures. When you are always worrying yourself about your past, you become too focused on your failures. Stop doing that to yourself. You can’t change your past, but you can change yourself. That is what you should do. The choice is yours.

How To Overcome Self-Doubt

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When you focus on doubt, you will have more doubts. When you focus on faith, on love, on happiness, you will have more faith, happiness, and love.

Doubt is the beginning of all failures. If you want to succeed in life, you must NEVER doubt yourself. You must always believe in yourself, in your power to get things done. Just because you didn’t do well yesterday does not mean you are not going to do well in the future. You will do really well if you believe in yourself, if you have confidence in yourself, if you have the courage to do things differently, if you have the courage to face your fears, if you have the courage to try something new.

You cannot succeed while doubting yourself or thinking thoughts of failure.”- Orison Swett Marden

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” No matter how tough,do not quit. Do not give up on yourself. Do not give up on your dreams. Because you are not going to succeed if you quit. The best way forward is to try something different. It is not to quit. When you quit, you are done pursuing your dream. But when you do something new, you still have a chance to make your dreams happen.

Take a chance. Do not let your past failures stop you from taking a chance. Do not let your past failures stop you from doing something new. Because you cannot live your life unless you stop doubting yourself. Do not doubt yourself. If you want to climb the ladder of success, you must believe in yourself. That is the only way.