Best 69 quotes in «letting go of the past quotes» category

... I realized that my father had learned something in his recovery that I still hadn't totally grasped: the past would only fester and eat away at us if we tried to hold on to it too tightly.

Living for the future is more important than trying to avenge the past.

It is not easy to let go, but when you do; not only do you realize the strength that lies within you, you also create an opportunity to see God perform the best of miracles in your life.

It’s never easy letting go. But if we don’t learn the art of relinquishment, we’ll never move forward to embrace the new relationships God has for us.

Master the art of learning when it is time for you to let go of dead situations. Letting go doesn't always mean the end, sometimes it is the start of something beautiful.

Moving forward until I let go, until you forgive yourself, until you realize the situation is over, you will never be able to move forward.

My past takes no hostages, no prisoners. I've let go of yesterday and am free to receive the beautiful gift of the present.

No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is where your power lies.

Peace within us starts when we learn to forgive and let go

Memories are usually fonder than reality.

Release blame. It does not help you to go over and over what you think you should have done or said. Stop blaming other people too. You don’t need to make yourself or other people “wrong” in order to deal with your life in the moment.

Resentment and bitterness and old grudges were dead things, which rotted the hands that grasped them.

Release and resolve fear, and what you want flows freely.

Si al seguir el camino recorrido por otros has de tropezar con sus piedras, te sugiero crear tu propio camino y tropezar con piedras nuevas.

Peace can only be achieved by letting go of the past and accepting what is.

Sometimes in life you've got to Ctrl, Alt, Delete and let go.

Sometimes we scratch, claw and climb so hard to conquer a mountain that, once achieved, we cling to its summit much too long and it ultimately instigates our fall. As we dangle by our fingertips we grasp and claw at what’s no more; with a fear of falling into the dim unknown. But, ironically, it’s in that very moment that we are empowered to choose. We can stay cliff hanging in our darkened fears clinging to a time that has past us by or we can faithfully and freely fall into the hands of a new destiny. Sometimes, persevering...is simply having the courage to let go. ~Jason Versey

Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us

Sometimes you have to let go in order to receive; after all the universe naturally acquires balance.

The beauty of the present and the future can only be seen by those who are willing to let go of the past.

The lack of mindfulness often makes us carry the unnecessary possessions, stale ideologies and rotten relationships along, which unnecessarily clutter our lives and consciousness, and stagnate our growth.

The past is somewhere we can walk with our memories Never with our footsteps

The present would only have room in one's life if one lets go of the ordeals in one's mind.

Sometimes the only reason why you won't let go of someone making you sad is because he was the only one that once made you happy.

Sometimes we think the hardest part of life is letting go, but what we fail to realize is that learning to start over makes it hard for us to let go." - W.J. Dolor

The guilt fell upon him like a hammer to a nail. He dropped onto his bed, grabbing the picture frame that sat next to it. I’m sorry were the words that repeatedly came out of his mouth. All he could think was, how could he do that to her? To the woman he vowed to spend the rest of his life with. His stomach hurt just from thinking about it.

The more you nourish the old memories of pain, the more you obstruct the new lights and new truths.

The sperm donor that impregnated my mother (with me), passed away. Please, stop sending me private messages of condolences. I never met the man.

Ummmm hi" and my broken heart twitches in an attempt to start beating again

Until you let go of the painful memories of the past in your life you will not be able to learn and grow. The beauty of life is to learn and grow, the day you let go of your past you will continue to grow. Let it go and restart your life.

We all know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a time when we must relinquish the dead, let them go, keep them dead. Let them become the photograph on the table. Let them become the name on the trust accounts. Let go of them in the water. Knowing this does not make it any easier to let go of them in the water.

We are often let down by the most trusted people and loved by the most unexpected ones. Some make us cry for things that we haven't done, while others ignore our faults and just see our smile. Some leave us when we need them the most, while some stay with us even when ask them to leave. The world is a mixture of people. We just need to know which hand to shake and which hand to hold! After all that's life, learning to hold on and learning to let go.

What you leave behind says as much about you as what you bring along.

When looking for the path to peace one comes to realize that peace is the path." Peace can only be achieved by letting go of the past and accepting what is. But one can only do that if he practices forgiveness. ~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I ❤ #StardustAK ❤

When there is time The time travels To have it as your friend You need to travel with it Stand still Let it flow Feel the currents Resist the pull And then Close your eyes And let go

When we let go and stop dragging the pain and past, we free ourselves of dead weight and allow our hearts to heft the good stuff…the stuff that makes our journey lighter, easier, and more meaningful.

To forgive is a decision, to forget takes effort, to heal is a process, to believe again takes courage.

To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it…it’s over. It can hurt you no more.

We are here not to make something of ourselves. We are here to Be ourselves.

We can’t ever make it right, but we can make better choices going forward,” Dex says in a soothing voice. “Try to be the best version of ourselves and make it better. The past can never be rewritten, but we can learn from it and move forward.

When we can't let go of the past, painful moments accumulate in us; metastasizing in our consciousness like an emotional cancer.

When you look at it only from your own perspective, it’s easy to think that only you have suffered harm. But if you change your thinking... you can approach the other person first and say, “I’m sorry. Please forgive me.

When your trust has been betrayed, the only thing to do is live, learn and let go. Otherwise the betrayal done by another will turn into hate for them. But they will not feel this hate, it will only hurt you more, growing bigger and darker. So, live, learn and let go. By living, it means they did not hurt you so deep that you can not move forward. Learn, learn to not trust this person again, and to make more of a sound judgement in the future. Letting go doesn’t mean forgetting. It means that you have let go of the pain it caused. And by not forgetting, you will learn and move forward from the betrayal of the past.

You can't feed today's hunger with yesterday's meal

With the constant pile of past experiences having a toll, most people get too scared to see beauty in themselves. A very honest compliment and they try inevitably to cook up conspiracy theories. Although there are ulterior motives (to the compliments) most of the time, look past it, accept, and appreciate your magic.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

Why is it so important for me to forgive that son-of-a-bitch? I’m not the one at fault here. It shouldn’t be about me. He’s the one that did wrong. Screw his feelings. He should feel like he’s hated for what he did.” Lisa added another used tissue to the growing pile on the table. Lyn warmly smiled. “Forgiving Byron isn’t for his sake, it’s for yours. The block in your life’s road can only be removed if you forgive him for what he did. If you don’t, you’ll just keep bumping into that block again and again. The life you live will be miserable. You’ll never be able to break the chains of the past.” Lisa listened and let the words sink into her subconscious. She realized the only way to get to the end of the road was to take the first step. There was a block preventing her from moving forward in life. She had to find a way past it.

You don’t need to go over every detail of your past, but if something comes up, face it and process those feelings, get to the core belief, so you can shift it.

You have to forgive yourself for your past mistakes, and you have to forgive those that hurt you for what they did to you, or you're never going to fully move on.

After the third lesson learned in my life what followed was redundant but still necessary.