I NEED TO LET GO OF MY PAST

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This has always been I big one for me. I have allowed my past to get conttol of

me and felt like if I didn't just let it go, I'd never moved forward.

All comments and suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Marie

Here it is:

I NEED TO LET GO OF THE PAST

1.TRUE

2.NO

3.REACT W/THOUGHT

a. EMOTIONS- I feel frustrated, anxious, enraged, stuck, helpless, hopeless,

burdened

b. PEACE OR STRESS-STRESS

c. IMAGES YOU SEE- I see myself alone, depressed, lonely, not answering my

phone and not wanting to be around anyone

d. PHYSICAL – tightness in my chest, a weak feeling, no energy, drained, tension

in my head

e. TREAT OTHERS-like they are a hinderance to me moving forward in my life,

like they are the problem, I don't want to hear them or be around them, I'm

distant and uncaring towards them

f. TREAT SELF-I punish myself, I treat myself like a failure, I hate myself, I

beat up on myself

g. ADDICTIONS-smoke cigarettes, eat, sleep too much, watch tv

h. WHAT FEAR IF DIDN'T BELIEVE- I fear I would never be able to get over of my

past mistakes, that I would carry them around forever, I wouldn't be able to

ever have anything new happen in my life, that I would just keep living the same

thing over and over, i'd be stuck and never move forward, that I wouldn't want

to live anymore.

I. WHOSE BUSINESS—mine I think, maybe God's, not sure

j. WHAT AGE? Not sure, I remember being told to forgive others at an early age

which I think is very close to letting go of past

k. WHAT ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO DO W.THOUGHT- I am unable to make decisions, I am

unable to trust myself, I am unable to be nice or friendly to others or myself,

I am unable to move forward, I am unable to feel free or peace, I'm stifled into

no action, I am unable to think clearly

4.WHO WOULD YOU BE W/O THOUGHT

I would be happy with where I am. I'd feel free to just move forward. I could

make decisions from right where I am. I would know that the past is over and I

wouldn't need to dwell on it. I would be thinking about my past. I would be

excited about my now. I would be in the moment-fresh and new, ready for more.

I would be delighted that everything is always for me. I could move with ease.

I would be much kinder to myself and others.

TURN AROUND THE THOUGHT

1.TO OPPOSITE: I don't need to let go of the past. True

1. When I stay in the present I don't notice I have a past

2. I can use the past to make better decisions about my future

3. The past shows me that I have moved forward and made changes. It marks my

progress.

4. I can just be who I am now and let the past be what it is-passed.

2.TO SELF: My thinking needs to let go of the past. Truer

1. My thoughts tell me that I can' t move forward until I settle the past

2. My thoughts are what keep my stifled and not able to let go

3. My thoughts are of the past not me. I am who I am now.

3.TO OTHER: Other people need to let go of the past. True or truer

1. Other people are always bringing up the past like it has something to do

with the now

2. Other people make me aware of my past and I guilty about what i've done

1.My past needs to let go of me. Truer

1. My past only has the power when I believe that it's true

2. My past can only have the power that I give it

3. My past has no control over my present