Quadrant IV

I realised some time ago that holding onto past troubles wasn’t giving me an opportunity to fully embrace the present.  While it is hard to just ‘let go’, especially of things that have hurt and continue to hurt, it can be very freeing to give up on some memories that are only making you miserable.

I decided that I was going to try harder to forgive and forget many of the actions and events that were causing me to reflect negatively and while I haven’t always been so successful in this, I am finding that some of my relationships are really benefiting from the change.

Lifehack.org today has an excellent post on letting go of things that are causing you pain or not adding value to your life, including resentment, revenge and that really hard one; guilt.

I’m still a work in progress on this one, but I can attest that letting go of events and things that are causing you pain or problems now can make significant difference to your future happiness. 

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