1/8/05: Make up your own past.

One of the best choices we can make for our spiritual development is to FORGET the past, FORGET who we are, where we came from, & how we came from it. The past no longer exists, but we are a society which puts much meaning & significance into the past. Even when we try to let it go, others always bring it up.

If you don't like your past story, if it no longer serves you, why not make another one up? Since the past doesn't really exist, except in our thoughts & memories, why not create a story that inspires & empowers you and turn that into your past story.  Start telling the new story with as much detail & enthusiasm as you can muster, then eventually you will start to believe it yourself, and before you know it, that WILL be your past.

We are only defined by our past because we allow ourselves to be. At any given moment, we all have the choice to be a different person no matter what our past dictated before us. It is our thoughts HERE and NOW (even if they are thoughts about the past or future) that really define us, and we have full control over what we choose to think.