“过去”的一切已经成为了过往，你正经历的是“现在”。花费越少的时间和精力回顾“过去”，你就有更多的时间来品味“现在”。不要让对于过去的懊恼和担心消磨了你的斗志。不论过去经历过什么，从中汲取教训，继续前行吧。当你有足够的动力这样做时，你会发现，勇敢前行是对生活最好的诠释。
There are some people who are completely happy with themselves, their lives, and their prospects for the future. While they can be considered to be more fortunate than most, most who do not fall into that category are not as bad off as they tend to believe. Instead, they are simply lacking something, or making mistakes, which are standing in the way of their lives being as fulfilling as they would prefer. Some even go as far as to not realize the immense potential they possess.
What is the main difference between those lucky individuals whose lives seem to be wonderfully on-track and those who, often despite every step of trying on their part, appear to have all of the odds stacked against them? While in some cases it is a matter of some people having better luck than others, those whose lives are content in the moment and proceeding in the direction of their choice, do not live in the past.
Whether you are thinking
Self-motivation is the key to ensuring that you do not continue repeating the same mistakes. You may have had one or more errors in judgment which led you to take the wrong path, or to make mistakes that were not in your best interest. You can acknowledge this without rehashing them over and over again in your mind, and simply be determined to make different, better decisions today.
Then is over; this is now. The less time and effort you put into looking at the past, the more you will have for living and experiencing this day. You will also find that letting go of the past will give you a deeper sense of strength. Instead of allowing past mistakes and worries to drain your energies, you will have a renewed energy to live your life to the fullest and enjoy it more.
Being content with yourself and optimistic
With that said, what can you do now? Sure it is easy for me to tell you to forget the past, yet it is a whole different practice to actually do it. Life is a complex set of events much of which of course is real, yet a large amount is just your view of what really happened.
Let me explain with an example. I know not everyone is a football fan but I am guessing most have watched at least part of a game on TV. Most plays and almost all the
How many times have you watched a play and were certain and I mean certain of the outcome, say the player caught a pass, then watching the instant replay you realize you were totally wrong, the player dropped the pass. What you were certain you saw, never happened.
The first step in trying to minimize the effects of your past in order to concentrate on your future is to find out how much of the past that you are certain happened were just mistakes on your part.
A quick example might be as a teenager you tried to build a piece of furniture out of scrape wood in your father’s workshop. The piece of furniture looked good when you finished but fell apart before you could show your father and you assumed your were a lousy carpenter and the rest of your life you have avoided building anything. Yet the reality was the scrap wood you used was faulty and not your building ability.
Yet the rest of your life you have believed mistakenly you are a poor builder of things.
相关单词：prospects
prospects解释：n.希望，前途(恒为复数)
prospects例句：
There is a mood of pessimism in the company
They are less sanguine
相关单词：standing
standing解释：n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
standing例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
相关单词：odds
odds解释：n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别
odds例句：
The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
相关单词：proceeding
proceeding解释：n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报
proceeding例句：
This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
相关单词：acknowledge
acknowledge解释：vt.承认...的权威，告知，收到，报偿
acknowledge例句：
With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error.在这么多的证据面前，他不得不承认错误。
It is ungracious of me not to acknowledge your help.你大力帮助而我尚未表示谢意，十分失礼。
相关单词：judgment
judgment解释：n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
judgment例句：
The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
相关单词：determined
determined解释：adj.坚定的；有决心的
determined例句：
I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
相关单词：outcome
outcome解释：n.结果，出口，演变
outcome例句：
The outcome of the experiment is in the lap of the gods.实验结果尚难预料。
The outcome of the war is hard to foretell.战争胜负难以预卜。
相关单词：minimize
minimize解释：vt.使减（缩）小到最低，极力贬低，最低估计
minimize例句：
To minimize the risk of burglary,install a good alarm system.安装可靠的报警设备以减低被盗的风险。
To minimize the public expenditure of this country.把该国的财政支出减少到最低限度。
相关单词：scrap
scrap解释：n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废
scrap例句：
A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
