If we wish to have a life free of pain and suffering then it’s up to us to let the negativities of our past go. It’s not an easy choice to make, but it is our choice. We can choose to invest the power we give to our past and offer it to the present instead. All it takes is learning to surrender.
In order to surrender to the “Now” we must first be present by bringing 100% of our attention and tuning all of our senses into what we’re currently experiencing. When we’re in this state of present awareness we can then choose to surrender. We must realize that what’s happening now, in this moment, is the only thing that exists or matters. By surrendering to the moment we can decide what we want to let go of from our past. The past is the past and it shouldn’t have the power to continually make us sad, angry, resentful, or negative in any way. When we clear away the past pain we free ourselves to live in the “Now”. By continuing to surrender to each moment, we prevent any current pain from affecting our future.
The only time we have to choose what affects us in life will always be now. So why should we wait? Many times we do wait, sometimes until the very end. Before someone passes away it’s common for loved ones to tell them, “It’s ok, you can let go now”. They want their loved one to die peacefully -not clinging onto what’s left of their pain. Yet this scenario is what many of us do. We cling onto our past pain and we can’t let it go. We need to realize that we have the power to free ourselves and should do so whenever pain creeps in. When we truly release the negative moments so that pain can’t linger or follow us through life, then we’ve embraced the “Now”.
Today, I went to the beachfront with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to
my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She put the shell to her
ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.
She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely off topic but I had to tell someone!
Thank you for sharing! Your story is a great example of living in the moment. Hopefully one day your daughter will want to go back and leave that fear in the past!