THE WEIGHT OF CARRYING THE SINS, GRUDGES AND PAIN OF YESTERDAY CAN BE MOST DAUNTING. HOLDING ON TO THAT WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE CAPABILTY OF RECTIFYING OR ALTERING THE RESULTS, IS INDEED FUTILE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TENS AND POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT WRESTLE WITH THIS VERY THING. THEY ACTUALLY BECOME SLAVES TO THE PAST EPISODES OF THEIR LIFE THAT ARE NOT VERY PLEASING. PERHAPS THE DIFFICULTY IN MOVING ON IS BLOCKED BY REGRETS OF UNSATISFIED ISSUES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED OR RESOLVED, IN OUR MINDS.

WE SOMETIMES WEEP FOR THE IRREPARABLE HARM THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED TO OURSELVES BY OURSELVES OR PERHAPS OTHERS WERE THE CULPRIT. IN EITHER CASE, WE DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE PAIN AND SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THOSE REGRETS. THERE IS A TIME FOR SADNESS, ANGER AND SHED TEARS, BUT THERE IS ALSO A TIME FOR HAPPINESS AND JOY. NEITHER CAN HAPPEN IF THE ESSENCE OF HEALING THROUGH UNDERSTANDING THE FAILURE AND WEAKNESS, REGARDLESS OF THE ORIGIN, THEN MOVING ON.

TO REMAIN LOCKED ON, IN AND TO, WHAT SHOULD BE THE HISTORY OF WHAT WAS HURTFUL AND DISAPPOINTING YESTERDAY WILL NOT RENDER THE ANSWERS OR HELP IN RESOLVING FUTURE ISSUES, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED. I KNOW THIS MAY SEEM TOTAL CLICHE, BUT THE TRUTH OF LEARNING FROM THE PAST CAN BE HELPFUL. GROWING IS A BY-PRODUCT OF BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ENCOUNTERS. IF WE CAN GAIN INSIGHT FROM ALL OF LIFE LESSONS, THIS WILL DETERMINE HOW READY WE WILL BE FOR THE FUTURE.

TO SUMMARIZE: WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL FOR FUTURE ENDEAVORS? WILL THE PAST HINDER OR CAUSE EACH PERSON TO HAVE AN UPPER LEG AS A RESULT OF ALL OUR EXPOSURES, BOTH GREAT AND NOT SO GREAT? UNINTERRUPTED SORROW CAN LEAD TO PERMANENT PARALYSIS FROM LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE. REMEMBER THAT "GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD" 1ST. JOHN 4:4. THIS CAN ALSO BE TRUE, WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING POTENTIAL, INDEFINITE PAST PAIN OR HURT. LET'S CAREFULLY AND CAUTIOUSLY MOVE ON TO WHAT CAN BECOME A MARVELOUS TOMORROW.