How The Past Shapes Your Present

Brown Mountains
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You cannot live in the past, but you can live your full life in the moment. You cannot create a new life in the past, but you can create a new life in the moment.

You cannot do your best in the past, but you can do your best in the moment. So stop living in the past. Stop thinking about yesterday. It is over. It is gone! It has no control over your life any more.

The only way to live your full life is to dig deeper into your inner life. And you can only do that in the moment, not in the past.

If you want to enjoy your life, you must focus on what you are doing right now. According to Paulo Coelho, “Past and future exists only in our memory. … It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It is what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.”

If you want to redeem yourself, you must pay attention to what you are doing right now. Now has the power to change your future.

You do your best work when you pay attention to what you are doing now. Do not worry about the past. Do not worry about your tomorrow. Because if you take care of today, the moment, the present, tomorrow will take care of itself.

Today Is Your Best Day

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Nothing is more important than this moment. Why are you not living it? Why are you wasting it to re-live your past pains? Why are you using this beautiful moment to think about negative things?

You can’t move forward if you keep living in your past. Today is your best day. You must choose to live it. Today is your best day. You must choose to enjoy it. Today is your best day. You must use it to love yourself. Today is your best day. You must use it to connect with your inner world. Today is your best day. Do not use it to think about the past. Today is your best day. You must use it to focus on where you are going. It is your best day.

It is your best day. Choose to live it. Choose love. Choose happiness. Choose yourself. Yes, you can choose yourself. You are unique. You are special. Do not make the mistake of waiting for someone to choose you for you. It won’t happen. If you really want to move forward, you must choose yourself. You must let go of your past mistakes. You must stop re-living your past pains. It is time to choose yourself. It is time to start living your true life. If not this moment, when? If not on your best day, when?