Last update: July 21, 2015
It is always good to know when a stage in life ends. If you insist on holding on to it longer than necessary, you will lose the joy and sense of everything around you. Close the past chapters, and let go of the moments in life that are no longer there.
We cannot live in the present regretting the past, nor can we keep asking ourselves why. What happened happened, and you have to let it go, free yourself. We cannot always be children, nor overgrown adolescents, nor employees of non-existent companies, nor remain tied to those who do not want to be us.
Things happen and you have to let go.
Paulo Coelho
Un day, that feeling invades you that makes you think about all the lost time, minutes that you will never make up for… and it is precisely in those moments that we realize that our time is the most precious thing. Because time is life. The only thing that doesn't come back.
It is normal to remember the past, what is harmful is to live with open emotional wounds. It is these wounds that prevent us from walking, that do not let us enjoy the present and what we have.
The emotional vertigo
Holding on to the idea that any past moment was better makes us sick and assures us of emotional suffering in the present. It prevents us from moving forward, from freeing ourselves. We panic and our eyes fog up.
And so dizziness appears. But not just any dizziness: the emotional ones. Those that prevent us from looking back and closing stages, healing wounds and stopping putting our finger in the wound.
Clean up the past
There are people who think that looking back is a waste of time, that an "inner cleansing" is not necessary and that the most important thing is to live in the present. In this way, the remnants of our emotional past accumulate more and more, creating an ever greater mountain of pain.
To give you an idea, it is as if a person allergic to dust puts all the dust from his house under his pillow, thinking that in this way he will stop being allergic.
It is good to get rid of the chains that keep us bound and not that do nothing but widen our wounds. However, what you are and have today, you owe to your past. Both the good and the bad.
And remember that even if you try to ignore your past, you cannot escape it. By ignoring it, you are only allowing negative experiences from the past to dominate your present. This takes away from positive experiences and, moreover, it hurts. Very bad.
Healing the present wounds of our emotional past
Overcoming our fears and letting go of the past is the only way to close the door and make sure that monster no longer enters our homes.
It is worth trying to heal the wounds of the past, get rid of that boulder that weighs on us and be aware of what hurts us.
Free yourself from the chains and let go of the past, as if it were a hot air balloon; watch him as she heads to the sky and you lose sight of him, smiling and feeling a great inner peace.
Let him go!
If it doesn't make you happy… LET IT GO
If it does not enlighten you or make you grow… LET IT GO
If it stays, but it doesn't make you better… LET IT GO
If it makes you feel safe and saves you the effort to improve… LET IT GO
If it prevents you from recognizing your successes .... LET IT GO
If it has nothing to do with who you are now… LET IT GO
If it doesn't push you to do better… LET IT GO
If he says, but doesn't… LET HIM GO
If there is no room in his life for you… LET HIM GO
If he tries to change you… LET HIM GO
If he imposes his "I" ... LET HIM GO
If there are more disagreements than agreements ... LET IT GO
If it just doesn't make your life better… LET IT GO
LET GO… the fall will be much less painful than the pain of holding on to what HAS BEEN, BUT IS NO LONGER.
