It's my birthday today...and a great time to reflect on my past and its importance of leading me all the way to this special place I find myself in today.
In looking back, perhaps it has taken me a long while to learn a number of the lessons that have come my way in the past. But I would change nothing, else I would not currently find myself on this springboard, ready to be propelled into a much more uncertain but definitely a more exciting and fulfilling life.
At times life may seem difficult and progress full of obstacles - "I could get there so much easier if it wasn't for this or that" or "As soon as this happens I will be in a much better place to make the changes I know I need to in order to take the next step". However, it is these so called difficulties that provide the much needed challenges for us that, when overcome, give us the lessons that we really need to make genuine progress on our journey, and the confidence we need to know that we can do it and continue to believe in pursuing our life purpose.
But when it's all said and done the past is just that, a myriad of different experiences of difficulty, sadness, pain and loneliness combined with a moments of happiness, joy, triumph and success, all leading to a unique single point of reference that we refer to as the present moment. So the past can be let go now, the memories and lingering emotions of all these moments can be released and our slates wiped clean, because all the parts that need to be retained are already right here included in the present moment. This is a gift that not only frees us from the past but also continues to guide us on this unique life adventure.
So today as a I reach another birthday milestone, I realise that I am not really as old as my birthdate would have me believe. While all those years were important in leading me to understand as much as I do today about life and about myself, each moment that makes up the past years can be released. The truth is that I am reborn every day and every moment of every day as I allow the past to dissolve. This gives me a unique opportunity to continue to start afresh as the new me emerges ready for the exciting future challenges that await.
