Don't Let Your Past Determine Your End...

It's very easy to focus on the mistakes we've made in our past and to beat ourselves up about decisions that, if we could go back in time, we definitely wouldn't have made.  But if we could go back in time would we really want to change those decisions?  Are we not who we are today because of the mistakes, failures and disappointments we've endured in our lives?  Would we have learned the needed lessons if we had made the "right" decisions at that particular place and time?

I've made many mistakes in my life that I'm not proud of and for a long time I found it hard to forgive myself for these mistakes.  I'd let the situation run through my mind over and over again asking myself how could I do such a thing?  How could I be so foolish?  Didn't I know what was at stake?  Didn't I realize the consequences of my actions?  See, that was the problem.  I was looking at the action itself instead of focusing on the lessons that I learned from it.  And I learned some great lessons.  In making these mistakes I was able to learn the true meaning of friendship, perseverance, forgiveness and unconditional love.       

No one is perfect except the Most High and if He can see our faults and still choose to forgive us then why is it so hard to forgive ourselves?  In closing I'll leave you with these words...

Don't let your past determine your end

So what you made mistakes

Forgive yourself and start again

Victory's reserved for those who persevere

Take time to learn the lessons

The ones that brought you here 

 © K. WiLL

 I am the man I am today because of those mistakes I made along the way...