Letting Go Of
The Past
Could 3 Simple
Questions Hold The Key?
3 Questions For Letting Go Of The Past: Hope Wynns, June 2008
Looking back on something that has happened in the past often either energizes or de-energizes us.
If it is good, the thought or memory can create a positive or uplifting feeling. Giving us energy or good vibes.
But if the thought or memory was not
positive, it can drain us of energy, make us dwell on the past, relive
the
situation again in our mind over and over again.
Life
is at best short – so why would we allow these thoughts to
steal our
precious
time and drain our energy? It's time to start looking at
letting go of the past. But the question is how?
Denis Waitley has a saying which goes like this:
“Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.”
But that quote has so much meaning that can be missed on first reading. It really is a key to letting go of the past, setting yourself free, opening yourself to learn, grow and act.
I had to read it several times to truly understand its meaning.
Another way to look at that quote is to make it into a series of questions.
About
your
past experience..
· Is it a learning experience to grow from?
· Is it a beautiful memory to reflect on?
· Is it a motivating factor to act upon?
Usually the experience is tied into relationships with other people. Things they might have said or done, or things I might have said or done.
By asking this simple series of questions I have found that this can totally eliminate the negative aspects of the thought. Putting it in its box once and for all, so I can move on.
Give it a try…
Press the PAUSE Button and Ask:
1. Is it a beautiful memory?
2. Is it something I can learn from to become a better person?
3. Is it something I can use to motivate me to act?
Denis Waitley seems to have a knack of taking the stuff that we battle with in our heads and making it seem so simple to fix.
More about Dr Denis Waitley
Dr Denis Waitley is a world renowned and respected author and keynote lecturer. He has studied, worked with and counseled leaders from top executives to astronauts and from Olympic champions to youth groups.
He was formerly the Chairman of Psychology on the US Olympic Sports Medicine Council. In this role, Denis was responsible for performance enhancement of all US Olympic athletes.
The quote in this article
about letting go of the past was from Dr Denis Waitley's The Seeds of
Greatness Book. The Seeds of Greatness and other self
improvement programs from Denis Waitley are available internationally.
Following the success of The Seeds of Greatness Dr Denis Waitley has
teamed with Dr Maryann Rosenthal to create the incredible "The
Seeds of Greatness value based family enrichment program for 21st
Century Leaders". This program has been described as the
instruction manual that should be delivered with each child!
It is a must have program for any family if they want to
truly enjoy a value-based family environment.
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I look forward to hearing
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