The Past Stays Behind

I used to live in the past. Replay the same mistakes. Carry the same anger. Until I realized it wasn’t punishing anyone but me.

Why do we keep letting our past get in the way of our future?

I get it. There are things we wish we could take back, words we shouldn’t have said, choices that led us places we never imagined we’d end up. But holding on to that weight only keeps us chained to what we’re trying to escape.

Let it go.

If you don’t, the life you deserve will keep slipping through your fingers. Real change begins with forgiveness, not just forgiving others, but forgiving yourself first. Because if you can’t forgive yourself, you’ll never truly know how to forgive anyone else.

For a long time, I couldn’t stand the person staring back at me in the mirror. I blamed everything and everyone before I ever took accountability. But nobody else made my choices. Nobody else got me here. That was all me. And once I owned that, everything started to change. I remember the day it hit me. I was staring at myself in the mirror, angry at the choices I’d made… but in that moment, I decided I was done living there.

People say, “Nobody ever really changes.” I couldn’t disagree more. Change starts with hard, honest conversations with yourself. You have to ask.. What do I stand for? Do my actions reflect my values? What am I putting out into the world, because whatever it is, it’s coming back.

This isn’t the time to go easy on yourself. It’s the time to dig deep. To face the memories you’d rather erase. It’s not fun, but it’s necessary.

And if you do it, if you stand on business with yourself, you will come out different. At first, the changes are small, almost invisible. But over time, they stack up. One day, you’ll look in the mirror and realize something incredible.

You like who you see.

The old you is gone. And in their place? Someone stronger. Someone freer. Someone ready for the future they once thought was out of reach.

If you forgave yourself today, how would your life change tomorrow?

Go a little deeper. Beneath The Surface…