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Forgetting the past..!

Dawood Ibrahim

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March 17, 2017

THE worried looking man entered the doctor’s clinic and allowed himself to be thoroughly examined. “You’re okay,” smiled the doc, “but something seems to be on your mind?”
“Well, to tell you the truth doc,” said the worried man, “I seem to be getting forgetful! I can’t remember where I park my car, where I’m going or what it is I’m going to do once I get there, I even forget who owes me money or to whom I owe any money! I really need help. What do I do doc?”
“Well for starters,” said the doctor, “Pay me in advance, before you forget you have to pay me!” Well, we all remember jokes about such absent minded and forgetful people, professors in college, grandfathers and friends, but actually forgetfulness isn’t all that bad, especially when we decide to forget all the pain from the past that threatens to ruin the present.
So many of us suffer from another disease worse than forgetfulness, it’s called grudge-fullness, or full of grudges! A sick lady with a skin disease who had gone to many doctors approached a doctor who was known for his strange methods of healing. Said the learned doctor after examining her, “madam you suffer from grudge-fullness!”
“What’s that?” asked the woman sharply. “Full of grudges!” said the doctor, “you need to forget the hurts of the past and once you do your skin will heal.” The past is to be remembered; how else will we learn from it and keep from repeating mistakes, but should you remember every time you felt hurt because of your spouse, your children, your friends?
A friend of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, asked her about a particular traumatic incident in her life. “I distinctly remember forgetting it,” Miss Barton replied.
There may be things in the past you need to put behind us. If you and I were to dig into our lives, we would probably find enough to fill a bookIn the holy scriptures, God says, “Don’t remember former things, nor think about the things of old. Because I will do a new thing.”
You can’t go back and change the past any more than you can put tooth paste back in a tube. So forget it. Get rid of the thoughts. You can then say, “Okay God, forgive me for carrying bitterness, anguish and resentment, things I have no business to carry. Set me free so that I may walk into the Bright future you have planned for me..!”
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I completely agree with this article. Letting go of grudges can be one of the most difficult and beneficial things we can do in our lives. The past cannot be changed, it's better to focus on the future.

I am reminded of something I heard once---Being angry at someone is like drinking a poison and expecting the other to person die. In the end, we are the only ones who suffer from the grudges we hold, not those who we hold them against.
 
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I would have to disagree, living means to overcome not forget. To forget you loose something that may define who you are, to overcome you learn from the past which defines who you are.

A grudge is when you're stuck remembering but not understanding. Death is an individual's final Revelation.
 
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" Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery But Today is a Gift "
 
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