I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.
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Everyone has a past, and the downside to my life is that the past gets dragged up.
Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.
Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you.
I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault.
Learn from the past and let it go. Live in today.
We all carry our past. But it is a case of getting on with your life and improving it, if you want to.
I never dwell on what happened. You can't change it. Move forward. Don't waste your energy on being angry at something that somebody did six months ago or a year ago. It's over. Done. Move forward.
There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.
You can't dwell in your past but move forward, look forward. That's it.
Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.