So often you spend your time thinking about the past. How could I have done this differently? Or, What could I have done differently to change this? You often times start to put yourself down, because there’s something you did wrong, right?

Wrong.

This was me for basically my entire life. Every time something bad happens I spend most of my time trying to figure out what I did or how I could have done things differently. But the reality of it is, there is nothing that could have done to change the outcome of the situation. People come and go, but everything happens for a reason.

The more time we spend focusing on our side of things, the more we lose sight of the truth behind it all. We make ourselves the bad guy in every situation that does not go the way we may have originally planned for it to go. We forget about all the factors that contributed to this happening in the first place. We do this so often that it becomes nothing more than a bad habit.

How many times have you lost an opportunity because you were more focused on the outcome that did not go your way in the past? How often have you said, “I can’t,” for no other reason besides you were scared of your past. Every time you’ve used those words for this reason, you’ve lied to yourself. The truth is you CAN, but you choose not to. But its time to bring that to an end.

Proverbs 31:25 says, “She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” There could not possibly be more truth to this scripture. God throws obstacles at us because he knows we are able to handle them. He makes things a struggle for us and changes the path we are taking for a reason. He is consistently giving us new opportunities so that we are able to become the person we were placed on this earth to be. So who are we to say no to the opportunities we are handed because we are afraid of what happened before, when the only reason that happened is so that you could move forward now.

We are strong human beings, and we are consistently given the chance to become even stronger and better people every day. Sometimes we need to take a step back and realize that there is more to the view than what we can see in front of us.So stop dwelling on what happened, and focus more on what could happen. Take every opportunity you can and be happy.

Take chances, live life, and laugh without fear of what’s to come.