Let go of the Past and move on. This makes it easy.

The past - whatever it was, you can move on and let it go!

Some people are angry and bitter about what happened in the past. Bad things happened to them, which weren't their fault. They hold their anger like a burning coal, ready to chuck it at someone…

Look at what happened to me… Life's so unfair… How could anyone make a go of life after such an experience…? How could I ever hope to be happy after treatment like that…?

But it is they who are getting burnt.

Some people are full of regret about the past. Their heads are full of a constant stream of 'if onlys'…

If only I had applied for that job… If only I had taken that course… If only I had listened to my dad… If only I had had the guts to ask X to marry me…

Nostalgia can hold you back as much as regret or bitterness

Some people, in contrast, long for the past to come back. Lost in nostalgia for joys and satisfactions which they once had, they can hardly spare a moment for dealing with the demands of the present, or plan for the future, because their energy is spent on yearning for what has already gone…

I was happy in those days… Back then I was really successful… When I lived in Xville, I had everything I wanted… now it's all gone…

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