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Let go of yourself and move on Sunday, 18 March 2012 10:04

“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.” A number of times we do not progress in life because we hold ourselves to the mistakes or the failures of the past. There will always be mistakes in life: be it in business, marriage, personal affairs or career-wise. I really wonder if there are people who plan to make mistakes.

What makes the difference is how you deal with your mistakes or your failures. There is no human being on this earth who has never made a mistake. Do not let your mistakes take advantage of you; take advantage of your mistakes and move on with your life. The challenge with most people is that they adopt a perfectionist approach to life. This does not mean that you have to live your life carelessly. You need to be fair on yourself. A perfectionist approach to life is a sure and guaranteed source of heartbreaks and frustrations in life. The past will never be changed There is no way that the past can be changed even though we might want it to be so. One of the challenges that most people have is that they tend to blame themselves for everything bad that has ever happened in their lives. While it is important to take responsibility, it is not healthy to blame yourself. Nothing in life was ever changed by regretting or by blaming anyone, including yourself. This only serves to hold you down and stagnate any progress in life.

Do not stay in the past, gather the confidence and look straight ahead and move towards your destiny. Michael Cibenko once made an interesting remark: “One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.” Do not miss out on future opportunities by focusing on past mistakes. Life is too short to spend it in self-condemnation. Let go of yourself and create an environment of progress.

Learn to forgive yourself A great number of people find it easy to forgive other people but find it very difficult to forgive themselves. You need to come to a realisation that you also deserve your own forgiveness just like any person in the world.

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