Have You Done Things You Are Not Proud Of? By Pennie Hunt

A few days ago, I heard someone say,
“I have done some things I am not proud of, but that was in the past and now it is a new time. I don’t have time to think about those things anymore. It’s a new day.”
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Then he shared a quote from Mother Teresa. I believe it was this one.
 “Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin.”
 
I kept running these thoughts and the quote through my mind. This person is always happy, always upbeat, and always positive. When they enter a room, their smile enters first and the light of joy surrounds them. I always wondered why and now I believe I know. The secret is the way my friend lives. In the present. Not in the past. Not in the future.
 
We have all said things and done things we regret and are not proud of. I believe it is important to apologize, fix what we can, and make amends to those we harmed and hurt. We can’t control how they will react, but we can respect them enough to allow them the opportunity to react. After that, we need to forgive ourselves. Don’t allow the pain to be left unresolved to fester in you or in the person you hurt, because it will.
Then it is time to leave it in the past and move forward to a new day and a new time. Be the best you can be and live in the present and not in the past. Be proud of the person you are today and do not dwell on the things you are not proud of in the past.
It is easy to allow yesterday to take away your today. We have all had yesterdays that were happy, sad, and even tragic. Some we may want to relive or do-over. Some we may want to forget and wish they never happened, but we relive them in our minds over and over. We can blame ourselves for causing or creating what happened in the past, but we can’t change it. When you dwell on the yesterdays of your life you miss the day you are in now.

In the same way, if you concentrate only on the future and what is ahead of you, you will miss today. Some people wish for the future to be better. You may work hard to create a wonderful future – and that is great, but don’t work so hard that you miss today. Learn to enjoy the process today of creating the future of tomorrow.

Some people spend their time worrying and fearing what may happen tomorrow. This can be equally bad. None of our tomorrows are guaranteed. Don’t spend so much time on what is ahead of you that you look right past where you are now.  

The trick is to keep your mind and heart in the day and space you are in. There is no room for the darkness of yesterday or the uncertainty of tomorrow. Today is what you have. A new day.

I agree with Mother Teresa -- We only have today, let us begin.
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                                               Pennie’s Life Lesson: 
                                                   Spread joy today.
                        There is no time for the mistakes and regrets of the past
                                           or the worries of the future.
                                       We only have today, let us begin.
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