Don’t let your past ruin your future. Learn from the past and let it guide you not hinder you. You’re going to get hurt, but you are also going to learn how to love. Pay attention to the learning and don’t hold on to the hurting. Our past shapes us because it teaches us what we don’t want, but more importantly it teaches us what we DO want. Let go of the pain and focus on the pleasure. Make boundaries for yourself, but make sure they are true, not just walls you construct around yourself. Look back and thank your past, let it know you acknowledge what it taught you and appreciate that you grew because of it. You will never know what’s in front of you if you are always looking behind. Listen to the ‘red flag’ that pops up and realize that it’s just your new thought process, just a way of showing you that you’ve been there and not going back, but pay more attention to the white flag that shows you what you could and should have. Too many people focus on the bad. The bad is over, you’ve learned what it is and now you know how to not allow it in your life. You are stronger than what has happened in your past, you made it through it alive and as a reward, you get to live in the present and make yourself a beautiful future. Don’t take that from yourself, be proud and give yourself everything you deserve. You are worth it. You are worth the absolute best, don’t settle for anything less. Thank the past, it’s giving you the best view of what you want for your future. Don’t stand in its way…let it give it to you!