Gloating over old achievements or victories, being content with what we have done in the past is as much hindrance to growth as regret for past mistakes. In the 19th chapter of Genesis is the story of two angels who came to Sodom and warned Lot to take his wife and daughters and flee from the city before it was consumed by brimstone and fire. The angelic command was: "Look not behind thee." But Lot's wife disobeyed the order and consequently, was turned into a pillar of salt. Salt is a preservative. When we keep our eyes on the past our thinking becomes crystallized, and further growth is prevented.
Without growth, body and mind stagnate. We must forget old experiences, whether they are good or bad.
Today is mine. I live it with joy.
I greet this day as a gift from God and count His manifold blessings to me.
I practice the presence of God continuously.
I am free from the past and rejoice in the present.
I face the future with hope and confidence.
Continued grief over the loss of a loved one and living over the past in memory prevent us from living active, useful lives in the present There is a legend about a Persian king who wanted a short axiom engraved on a signet ring. The king's counselors conferred and brought him this sentence: "Even this shall pass away.” This is another way of saying that time obliterates all troubles, griefs, and unhappy experiences. If we could have enough spiritual strength to meet any seeming trouble with the thought that everything passes away, we would save ourselves endless worry and unhappiness !
The reason so many persons today are worried and afraid is that, in spite of our material wealth, our physical comforts, we are spiritually starved. We have put comfort ahead of God. We have lost the solid anchor of faith. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus states, "No man can serve 'two masters . . . He cannot serve God and Mammon." And He instructed His followers not to take thought for their lives, their food and drink, or their raiment. 'Tor your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Clara Berenger~Peace Begins At Home (1954)
You have mechanical genius hiding
within your nature. Faithful adherence to every duty will quicken it into
flame.ECH
The truth is history was what it had to be.
You can look at the trail of
past patterns as evidence of where you’ve been, but it does not need to
influence where you go.
Ask yourself :
How
did I come to be who I think I am?
And.
Who
do I want to be?
In order to create new patterns
and find freedom in the present, it’s important to acknowledge the
purpose of the
past pattern. Go within and ask what purpose
your pattern served. {Gemma Stone}
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