By: Emily@socialbuzzhive
Going through a breakup and being in a brand new place I can definitely relate to this! Every day is a work in progress to start mindful habits. Thank you for this inspiring post! <3
By: Barely Balanced
Funny, I was just sitting down to dinner the other night at my parent's home, and I was laughing internally about how everyone was telling the same stories over and over again. My grandmother, father, mother, I even caught myself making the same sarcastic, teasing comments to their repetitive stories. My brain suddenly began racing at the dinner table; I began thinking, much like my family telling the same stories over and over again, how much I was living in the past as well. I've been working a lot on self love over the past several months, and during this reflective time in my life, have vowed to work at not letting my past stories effect how I control my future. Then today, I see your post on living for the now as opposed to living for the past; let me tell you my dear, your post came to me just at the right time! Thank you for sharing your tips on how to move on from your past!
By: The Sunday Mode
In reply to <a href="https://www.thirteenthoughts.com/on-leaving-the-past-behind-learning-to-move-on/#comment-64513">Paula @ lifestylegleam.com</a>.
Your comment actually really did make me feel a lot better, thanks Paula. What you said hit the nail on the head though, I think why I was getting stuck was because I at least want some validation of the hurt that was caused but I don't think that's going to happen and I have to try and be ok with that. I'm going to do what you said and focus on the good, positive thinks and focus on everything I'm thankful for as well :) xx
By: Paula @ lifestylegleam.com
In reply to <a href="https://www.thirteenthoughts.com/on-leaving-the-past-behind-learning-to-move-on/#comment-64498">Girl In Gamba</a>.
Hi, GG! It's definitely a process and it doesn't happen overnight. Learning to let go does take a little practice, but it can also be life-changing and very freeing. It's realizing just how much power you, yourself, have over your own life. Life is what you make it; you can either choose to hold on to the pain, or you can release it, let it go, learn from it, and know that you're much stronger and wiser for having gone through it.
By: Paula @ lifestylegleam.com
In reply to <a href="https://www.thirteenthoughts.com/on-leaving-the-past-behind-learning-to-move-on/#comment-64493">The Sunday Mode</a>.
I hope you can take comfort in knowing that you are not the only one who is stuck in a situation like this, Julia. It can be so difficult to "love" or "like" someone you truly care for, when they don't always realize the pain or hurt they've caused us. You want everything to be okay, but at the same time, you kind of also want the other person to at least acknowledge or validate that pain. Moving on isn't easy, and it doesn't mean you just suddenly forget all the "bad" stuff. Instead, you have to choose to see more of the good, happy and positive things and practice letting go. xx