Disappointments of the past

What has already happened before is not what will happen next. Because right now, you have the opportunity to change direction.

If you're moving in a positive and fruitful direction, you can choose to keep going that way, and even to accelerate your progress. Or, if you've experienced difficulty and disappointment in the past, this is your time to make a change.

When you focus on what's already happened, it can be easy to feel permanently stuck in a bad place. So focus instead on the fact that you can, right now, choose a more positive direction.

Today is a new day, and it is your day to live in the best way you can imagine. It is your day to move in precisely the direction you choose.

Though rising above a difficult past will require great effort and commitment on your part, you certainly can do it. And there's no better way to spend your time than making your way forward and permanently locking your disappointments in the past.

The disappointments of the past will begin to fade away as soon as you let go of them. Let go, look forward, and know that you can make this next day the best one yet.

-- Ralph Marston

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