Many people "beat themselves up" for all the things that they wish they would have done differently. We need to accept the things that we have done, right or wrong, and move on. Moving on may require a change in our thinking. Many people get caught up in unhealthy "self-talk". You know the drill - "I always get it wrong", "I am such a looser", "Things will never get better" and so on. We get caught up in what we like to call "Stinkin Thinkin". It is very unhealthy "self-talk". The Bible tells us that, "For as he thinks in his heart, so he is" (Prov 23:7 KJV). Our thought life can be a self fulfilling prophesy. We can easily get caught up in believing the worst about ourselves and others.
So how healthy is your "self-talk"? Are you using positive "self-talk" saying things to yourself like - "I have a great self worth", "I do a good job", "I am loved by my family", "I care about others and others care about me", "I can succeed", and so on.
We can't change our past but we can set a now course of positive right thinking to help guide us to a better future. The past has already happened and can not be changed. Our future is a blank slate not yet written. You are control. Be all you can be!
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace --Reinhold Niebuhr
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