There’s a scene in “The Lion King” in which the wise baboon, Rafiki, confronts Simba about running away from the past. To make his point, Rafiki, hits Simba on the head with his staff. When Simba asks “why’d you do that?”, Rafiki laughs and simply says “What difference does it make? It’s in the past!” To which Simba replies “Yeah, but it hurts.”
The past has no power over your life other than the power that you give to it. If your past is filled with bad memories or bad choices, then it is likely that the past still contains some pain for you. But what difference does that make?
As Rafiki points out, you have two choices: keep thinking about the pain, or learn from it, and move forward.
Your history is what made you who you are today–the good, the bad, and the ugly. If you are in a position where you are trying to take control of your life and move forward (by doing things like reading this blog) then you have obviously come to a pretty good place. Accept the lessons your life has dealt you and use them to push yourself forward, but don’t give them any more power than that.
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