Personal History

We spend time obsessing about the past, what we “coulda, shoulda, woulda” done.  Then we add layers of guilt and stories.  Imagine the amount of head space that would free up if we’d give up mulling over our past.

I just finished reading Wayne Dyers book  “10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace”.  The “Fifth Secret; Give Up Your Personal History” really stuck with me because it has taken me a long time to let go of my own personal history.

“When a speedboat zooms across the surface of the water, there’s a foamy froth behind it that’s called the wake of the boat.  The wake is nothing more than the trail that’s left behind…It does not drive the boat”

True enough the experience of our history makes us who we are today.  The difference for me was separating  what is over and done with, because no amount of toiling would change it anyways, from what is now, today.

What is driving your boat?  Do you know or are you too busy looking back at the wake?