"Learning from the Past"

  
"Let us learn from the past so that we
are lifted into the realms of the
Infinite where we 'live in the eternal
present of God's happy smile.'"
   Eugene Holden

In Dickens' "Christmas Carol" Scrooge
is visited by the ghost of Christmas
Past, who took him on a tour of where
he had been in the past. His past was
not one he wanted to be reminded of.

But, his past had helped to shape
Scrooge into who he was showing up to
be.

Scrooge had not learned from the
things of the past, so he was getting
a lesson from a ghost.

We can, also, choose to bury our head
in the sand instead of taking a look
at where we have been.

I'm not saying that we need to stay
in the past or continue to look back
at the past.

If we continue to create the same
things over and over, getting the
same results, (and it is insane to
think we should be getting
different results if we are doing the
same things over and over).

This is a time to take a look at
where  we've been.

Then we can go forward making
different choices, so that what we
are creating today is what we want.

When we have dealt with the lessons
of the past, then we can truly live
in the present, and as our quote
states, "live in the present of God's
happy smile."

The present is a gift we can give to
ourselves.

Let Us Pray:
We go within and relax. We open to
whatever lesson it is we might learn
from the past. We breathe. We listen.
We release.  We are grateful and
willing. And, so it is, and, so we
let it be.  Amen.

Wishing you and yours a very Merry
Christmas.

Joy-filled blessings,
Sandy