How do I let go of my past?

It can be so difficult to let go of the past. Letting go doesn't necessarily mean forgetting about it; it means accepting it as part of yourself. The first step to accepting anything is understanding why it happened. It takes a lot of contemplation and forgiveness, and it may take a really long time to learn how to forgive. Sometimes you have to forgive people who don't even ask for forgiveness. It's a learned skill. But once you learn to focus on the here and now and accept that you cannot change the past, you'll be able to welcome happiness back into your life.

In order to let go of my past, I had to learn to truly love myself. I didn't even know what that meant in the beginning of my journey. When I finally learned how to do this, I saw that I was a valuable person with alot to offer. This allowed me to begin to see a new future for myself. A future that was not built on the past but built on the foundational truth that I was of value, that I was loved, that I was not defined by my past and could lead the good life that I had envisioned.

By holding onto the future. The past is for those of us who either can't or don't want to see the future. Where do you see yourself going? What is the next phase in your life? Where should you be? We let go of the past by agreeing it happened and facing the future. You may have dealt with a lot but are you dealing with that now? Will you deal with it in the future? Having gone through something bad means that you going through something worse is less likely; this can make you more prepared for handling things. Letting go is accepting and moving on. This doesn't mean you need to forget.

That is an excellent question. You cannot really let go of your past, you can just accept it and move forward. You have to learn to live with your past, and understand that your past doesn't shape who you are as a person. Your past just helps you not make the same mistakes twice and helps you grow!

I believe it's more important to come to terms with your past. The first step towards this is forgiveness. "Forgive not because they deserve; forgive because you deserve peace."

By looking at the lessons it has taught you. We get over regrettable moments by changing our perspective on them. We grow from our experiences.

I don't let go of my past. I use it to help me understand my present. I become more aware of the positive and negative of my past as an opportunity to create my present and to enlighten my values and wants. I learn to forgive myself and others because of the lessons from my past.

What's done is done, look forward not backwards. Life is full of ups and downs, but you need to learn from your mistakes.

I let go of my past by thinking about my future and my present conditions. I realized how the past kept me stuck up, drained me, made me pessimistic. I realized that my past doesn't define who I am. What defines is who I am in the present. I can't let my past drag me everytime I decide to improve myself. I let go of my past by realizing that if I don't do it, my future is doomed.

Let go of the anger inside of you, make peace with it and come to terms that it happened and move on