Don’t Let Your Past Crush Your Future

A truly exceptional story comes with plenty of buildup. We wouldn’t find it interesting nor would we want to continue learning about it if it did not. The buildup is where all the tension lies, it’s where the meat of the story takes place. The same goes for our own lives, the tension filled moments, though difficult and painful, are where the change happens. These are the moments that define us. In these peak experiences, we choose what our lives will be going forward. We choose to stick with the status quo and just get through it...just eek by, or we choose to push ourselves beyond anything we could have imagined, and therefore, take a chance on making our lives better. Though there is no guarantee as to which way things will turn out when we make these grand pushes forward, one thing is certain, these efforts change us. We become better people though, the outside world may view it to be a fruitless waste of time or even, a “failure”. The rewards they bring are internal instead. These are the rewards that our Soul is seeking. They are more important than the material world, besides, they come before the changes happen in the material world anyway. Be sure of Knowing this, imprint it on your Soul, lest the opinions of others will change your efforts to manure stained shame instead.

When we set our intentions, and then set to work on them, this brings about an energy that surrounds us. When a project comes to this point, if we choose to continue to push forward with it, this energy that surrounds us will become stronger and stronger until it manifests itself into our material world. One does not go without the other. We need the intention, the action and the persistence, these are the true pillars of manifestation. Within all of this, it’s important to strive to be the best version of ourselves, and let go of and clear out all negativity and that which no longer serves our highest good, for if we do not, our efforts become tainted and our results reflect this.

Learn to savor the build up. Relish the tension. Learn methods to calm yourself throughout (like breathwork and meditation, exercise, healthy food and a great sleep schedule) and whatever you do, don’t stop till you’re living that Exceptional Reality that you dreamed of since you were a kid. Though it might not be easy, please persist nonetheless! Don’t let your past crush your future.

~Janice M. Burke

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