3 Reasons Why You Need to Make Peace With Your Past

Want to Make Peace with Your Past?

We can all “move on” and not look back and continue on with our lives. Simple enough? However, what if something from your past surfaced into your present day? How would you react to it? How would you feel? In most cases, most people would feel sad, uncomfortable, happy, satisfied, and content. But if you had the choice to relive your past, what would you have changed for the outcome to be different?

Below are 3 reasons why you should make peace with your past:

1. You will live and feel happier.

YES! Who doesn’t want to live and feel happier? The day you decide to make peace with your past, you will feel empowered, complete and at peace. You don’t need to be walking around thinking about how others perceive you, or walk around feeling guilty or shame. The day you decide to make peace with your past, you will feel like a brand new person with weight lifted off your shoulders. Why are you living in fear, burden, or guilt? Say no more to the old you! Peel the layer over it all and say goodbye to your past peacefully.

2. Forgiveness is your ticket to freedom.

Why would you forgive the person who hurt you the most? Why would you forgive the person who may have cheated on you? Or betrayed you? It’s certainly not an easy practice and it is definitely not as easy as saying “I forgive you.” Forgiving those who have hurt you is a process. What if the person who hurt you the most didn’t know any better as to how to react towards you? What if that person was raised to always have a guard up? What if they simply weren’t aware of how much they were going to hurt you? Can you forgive someone who didn’t know nearly as much as you? This doesn’t justify their actions by any means but, you have to remember that forgiveness is brought upon a person who has a BIG heart, who has learned from the lessons of life and who is willing to grow from such experiences. Are you that person? Are you able to let go of all that no longer serves you? Choose to forgive those who have done you wrong and you will attract more positivity into your life!

3. Conversation.

We are humans and therefore we have egos. Have you ever thought to yourself, “ I am not going to talk to him/her unless he/she talks to me?” or “He/she doesn’t deserve for me to talk to them because they were the ones who hurt me?” This is retrograding to when we were children. Remember when as a child, we acted just the same way? Choose to break the pattern and the same behavior that has been instilled with you for many years. What if you were to say hello to the person who hurt you the next time you see them? What would that say about you as an individual? Decide that your ego will not be in control of you or your behavior. Decide to be an adult, take responsibility and show that you have a big heart that is deciding to forgive all wrongdoings. Create that space for conversation and you will see changes that you didn’t expect.