We are nothing if not the sum of our past.
The bitter truth of life’s lesson learned is that what we did and said in years gone by can have a very real impact on what we can do and say in the present. The sweet truth is that we get to choose how we will permit ourselves to be affected.
The story of our lives continues to be written for as long as we live. Remembrance can loom large. Revision is no longer within our grasp.
We all get the opportunity to write a different story from today forward. But it’s not in the telling of a new story that we benefit, it’s in the living of that new story.
Mistakes and bad decisions from times past can still reach out and demand attention or resolution. The ties that bind are the ones we have created. We can run from ourselves but there is nowhere we can hide.
The secret to psychological survival lies in confronting our own demons and coming to terms with them.
Mental wellbeing isn’t a gift…it’s a reward for effort. Without grit and determination the struggle will continue.
We have lived our yesterdays but we should embrace the fact that our tomorrows depend on the decisions we make today.
We should be in this day by being in this moment.
Gary Bentley Counselling 