Letting Go Off The Past Letting go off the past can be very tough, whether it’s someone's bad behavior, feelings, relationships or thoughts. Each day proffer a new chance to start over and go on from our past, however, Still we might know and understand it totally, successfully doing it is extremely tough in practice. People get stuck in a chain of unhappiness and anger, forever looking reverse, while missing out on how good their lives can be if they just learn how to let go of the past. In fact, here are skills that can be learned that can help us learn to forgive, let go and be happy.
1. Considerate your past - Try looking reverse at your past as an impartial viewer. Learn to know that you are not your past. Remember that the people and situation of your past created experience of you, but they did not create you. This can help you break the chain of selfdestructive behavior. 2. Meditate - Meditation is action. Our mind is much harder to strengthen than our body. Our lives are busy and fast paced, filled with external noise and distractions. Clarity comes from quiet. Meditation allows for reflection and helps us be tolerant to finally being able to let go of what has hurt us.
3. Discontinue living in the past - By feeling a past happening you are harming yourself and killing your chance of moving on and living a
cheerful life. Letting go of those feeling allows you to embrace new chance to move forward to new things.
4. Let go of Anxiety - One aspect of letting go of the past is anxiety. We worry repeating past mistakes. Letting go of this anxiety will open you up to fresh possibilities and allow you to learn from your mistakes while letting go of the past. This helps you focus on the positives in your life. 5. Learn something new - Learning a new skill that can help you get future goals helps set you on the right way to letting go of your past by showing you more prospects and chances.
6. Be flexible - Once you are sure what your goals are, don’t think too much about the results. Be flexible in your expectations. Allowing things to play out as they will can remove anxiety and permit you to see other potential opportunities in life.
I remember one of my favorite quotes from Lama Surya Das – “Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.”