Let go of what has already happened
Life is a rollercoaster ride, we are all aware of that. We go through the ups and the downs, sometimes we go down a little too hard and hurt ourselves, but we should immediately be prepared for the motion taking us up.
You see, unfortunate events happen to anyone and everyone in this world; these events can cause turmoil in our lives and could even wound us deeper than we thought and make the scars linger on as a constant reminder. Bad things happen, but that does not mean you should let them distract you from the now, most people, though they think they are moving on with their lives, are actually virtually stuck in the past; it could be a long held grudge, the inability to forgive someone or the inability to forget something that happened ages ago.
We as humans tend to look at the mistakes we made or unfortunate incidents which took place in our past and regret them, wishing how different things would be today if that one thing never happened, but guess what? Your past is not going to come behind you and place itself on a sliver plate for you to magically undo all the things you wish didn’t happen, whatever happened in the past is already done and dusted, and we need to prepare ourselves to ride the rollercoaster back up again.
If you continue to live in regret while constantly looking back at your past, you will never be happy in the present, instead you’ll still linger on in the past, a thousand steps behind where you are supposed to be today. Whatever happened in the past is irrelevant to the present context, yes those past events can hurt you, but if you simply learn to forgive and forget, you will be doing yourself a huge favour. Life is not a rollercoaster ride if you don't learn how to pick yourself up or even crawl yourself out of the mud.
Just like what Edna Mode from The Incredibles said, "I never look back. It distracts from the now."
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