The Language of Letting Go: October 25th

Letting Go of the Past

... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them.
—Ps. 139:16

Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire.

Others suggest we chose, we participated in planning our life - the events, the people, the circumstances that were to take place, in order to work through our issues and learn the lessons we needed to master.

Whatever our philosophy, our interpretation can be similar: Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its imperfections, and its mistakes, even its tragedies. It is uniquely ours; it was intended just for us.

Today, we are right where we need to be. Our present circumstances are exactly as they need to be - for now.

Today, I will let go of my guilt and fear about my past and present circumstances. I will trust that where I have been and where I am now are right for me.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation

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I subscribe to the latter of the beliefs, that we created our lives, the events, people and circumstances that were to take place in order to work through our issues & learn the lessons we needed to master.  With either belief system in place,  however, how can we lament our past or the 'mistakes' we've made in order to reach the place we are at now?  By the time I reach the end of my physical journey on earth, I hope to have learned everything I came here to learn!

"There are no coincidences, no mistakes. All events are given to us as blessings to learn from."
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

If we view each 'coincidence' and each 'mistake' as a blessing, we choose to be students of life.  We choose to learn and to grow spiritually from each & every event that takes place in our life. Had I not experienced all the 'trials & tribulations' in my 56 year existence on Earth, how would I have progressed into the person I am today? Not that I don't still have lessons to learn, or that I am exactly where I need to be...........I'm not.......but I am also not the same person I was yesterday.  The people I've interacted with yesterday helped to develop & enhance my life's experience........even the negative people who give me 'grief'.  If life was nothing but sunshine & roses, how would we ever learn a single thing? 

We learn through scar tissues. The 'bad' experiences tend to shape our characters a whole lot better than the 'good' ones!

For today, I know that I am right where I need to be.  My present circumstances are exactly as they need to be--for now.  I don't project the future & worry about its outcome, because I know that whatever comes to pass is what I need in my life at that particular time.