Life is constantly in a state of movement. You are either progressing or regressing. Nothing stands still. Albeit the change could be small in either direction, there is never a moment that you do not move forward or backward in your life – ever.
Black and White.
Up or down.
Left or Right.
Good or bad.
Positive or negative.
Forward or backward.
That is just how the world works. Here is the great news though: YOU have the power to decide if it is forward or backward.
Look – sh*tty things happen in life. Trust me – I get that. And it can send you down the spiral of despair very easily. But to get up from that – to realize that things that happen are just things that happen – and you can move forward on them – is a powerful mind shift.
To be able to look at traumatic events, events that scar us deeper than we ever understand, incidents that you never expect that send you into the darkness, and to take a deep breathe knowing that they are just life presenting itself to us in a matter that eventually will move us forward, is how you get over the grips of despair.
Or don’t. You can let it define you. You can look at the event as life happens TO you, not FOR you. You can choose to look for the darkness that surrounds you, instead of the light to get out. You can forever think that you are a victim of your circumstance, instead of rising above. You can choose to let the events of your past move you backward.
There truly is no right way to approach overcoming the past issues in your life because again – life is neither good nor bad, but how you perceive the world – how you perceive the events of your life. Life happens – and it always will. We cannot control the external factors of life. We can control the internal factors of how we view the events in life.
Choose to move forward, or choose to move backward. The choice is literally only up to you – and to you alone.
But let me leave you will one last note as you choose: Moving forward gets you closer to the life that you want.
Not talking about the life that you want. Not dreaming of the life you want. GETTING the life that you want.
Because moving backward takes you further away. Hiding behind events of the past as a blocker of your success is moving backward. Using your past as an excuse to limit your action to get forward in life is moving backward. Refusing to put in the work needed to overcome the events of the past and refresh your mindset is moving backward.
But you can choose to stop moving backward, and start moving forward. You can choose to put in the time to overcome whatever blocker is hindering you in your life. You can choose to smash the excuses, call a spade a spade, and be honest with yourself. You can make the new decision that you are no longer a victim in life, but the victor in life.
But you have to choose. You have to decide. You have to want to move forward.
Or let it take you back.
The choice is up to you.
Choose wisely.
