The past holds for all of us good and evil. For some there is more good than evil, while for others there is more evil than good.

For all of us we need to learn to let go of the past, both of its good and its evil The good that exist in the past must remain a mere memory. Go off and find greater good to pursue in your present to create a positive store in your past.

The evil and hurts in your past must be released to its natural doom. It will die if you do not give it life through thoughts and speech.

The good deeds you have done is also past. The great time you had is past and the encouraging things you said are all past. What is past is past. The mistakes you made are in your past. The victory you gained are past. Get past your past.

There is no profit in the past but the recall of it. If you recall it to inspire you to forge ahead then your past was worth having.

If you use the good in your past to spur you unto greater good then your past is history improved. If you recall the pain of your past to effect a drastic positive change in your present then your pain was worth experiencing, for it will make you into someone beautiful.

The hard question many ask is, how do I move past my past? Well, your past follows you into your present and overtakes you and goes into your future to be repeated because you never closed the door on it.

To ignore your past is to relegate it to survive in your subconscious awaiting resurrection during your occasional and fleeting moments of self pity, doubt and fear. If you face your past and then dismiss it, it goes away with time.

Think about it or talk about it and it comes back to life once more.

Often people who have painful experiences tend to naturally sit reflecting and replaying the hurtful events and this leads them into depression and hopelessness.

It is important to reflect, assess and resolve the past but after that move on with your life. Do not live in the bygones. The present is here and the future awaits you.

Do not miss the blessings of today because you are mopping up curses of yesterday. Prepare yourself for the favour of God in your future. Give up your past your failures and your flaws.

People who expect good things from life tend to get it. Those who expect bad seem to get it too.

So, whatever you expect, you will get, for life does not give you what you hope for it gives you what you expect.

Consider the following ways which will help you to get past your past.

1. Identify clearly what is in your past that haunts you so much. Is it your childhood experiences and circumstances or is it a specific person.

2. Why is this aspect of your past so painful and non-ending? Do you really know? If not find out why

3. Now that you have found out why, what are you going to do about it? You can either continue to let it depress you or you can choose to let it go.

4. If you wish to let it continue to depress you then you need to do nothing, for it will take its natural course of burdening you emotionally, robbing you of good relationships, compromise your health, threaten your potential for a successful career and damn your soul.

5. If you choose to release it then you need to work up the courage to face up to the challenge that will help resolve your past. If it is someone, go to the person and tell that person of the pain that you feel. Let him/her know that you have forgiven them and plan to move on.

Do not let your feelings dictate to you if you have indeed forgiven. Joyous feelings will come only after you do things right.

Once you have done this out of a pure heart you do not need the co-operation of the person whom you are forgiving, because, forgiveness is a choice that you make, for you, regardless.

If you cannot contact the person because they are not around, you can email or write a letter to the person expressing your feelings and your resolve to forgive.

If the person is deceased you may still write the letter.

What that does is give voice to your inner pain and closure to your past. Forgive yourself and "Get past your past."

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