The Past...

Has this weird way of coming back and visit you...

It is how we handle our past and embrace the moment that makes us stronger or weaker...

One can never let the past rule us, we should learn from it, take from it what we can but do not let it dominate the moments we live. Your past is not who you are, it just shapes what you have become.

If you do not like your past, evolve. Shed the past from off your shoulders, and reinvent your NOW. Remember, it is now that matters, for that is what we are faced with.

There is nothing in our past that is so grand that it is worth giving up an eternity of moments for.

There are often things in our past worth holding on to, and those should never be let go of. If we focus too much on that we miss what is going on all around us.

So I am thankful for my past for making me who and what I am. I am thankful for all the good memories my past has given me, and the people who have breached my awareness. I am thankful for those who have inspired me... Yet I am not letting go of the things that make me happy now and inspire me today.

I am told this is a foolish pursuit, that will leave me feeling empty later, but I can not see how following BLISS can ever be foolish...

I do not have the crazy notion that if it feels good go for it but I also will not subject myself to needless stress and pain. I do not put myself were I do not want to be. How can that be so bad? This simple thought has given me a book that I have written, and inspired people around me...

Am I permanently enlighten? Or am I the fool like those who do not get it think that I am? I really do not know.. Nor will I worry about it. For today the sun shines and God blesses me...

Buddhists believe that only when we are free from desire are we ready to achieve bliss.