Moving Past Pain

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Moving Past Pain

Use these affirmations to help you overcome the past and focus on moving

forward.

By Charlene M. Proctor, PhD

According to Charlene M. Proctor, PhD, " Every day we have an opportunity to

choose our attitude and focus our intentions in the present moment. " The

following excerpts from her new book, " The Women's Book of Empowerment: 323

Affirmations That Change Everyday Problems into Moments of Potential, "

explains ways to help overcome the past.

Never allow the past to hold you back from enjoying a full life. What have

you got to lose, except a heavy burden? Forgiveness is usually the key to

moving forward, which is why it's on the path to gaining insight. When you

forgive yourself, and those who have hurt you, you are able to release

negative patterns that visit you over and over again. More important, you

will finally sever the control that a memory of another person has over you.

Stay in the present, affirm the good that has been a result of a bad

situation, and love your authentic self even more than you did yesterday.

You can do it!

If You Have a Bad Attitude

Today I change my focus by championing a new cause. I am the ambassador of

positive thinking. I spread health, wealth, love, and happiness wherever I

go. I love watching how my positive statements dissolve negativity in

others. I am my own instrument of renewal of positive energy, and my

positive outlook is stored deep within me. Every positive statement I make

is rewarded.

If You Can't Release the Past

Today I take all my unhappy memories out of my body and place them in a

basket. My pain, my anger, and my resentments are placed in this basket. I

have an angel that takes this basket of unhappiness from my hands and flies

to the outer reaches of the universe and transforms it into loving energy

that will revisit me later today. I forgive those around me and ask for

divine assistance to hold me in a state of continual forgiveness.

If Your Family Did Not Allow You to Bloom

Spring is guaranteed to come. I can bloom no matter what the weather,

because I am growing spiritually each day. Today I take time to notice how I

have bloomed so beautifully despite my circumstances. I am capable of

reaching for the run and sky because that is my natural state. I am reaching

upward every day and do so joyfully, knowing I am grounded in the life cycle

of spiritual development.

If You Have Frequent Family Feuds

I choose to be a spectator, not a participant, in a negative energy

generation. I facilitate healing by taking time to ask for divine assistance

for this family's difficulties. I visualize these family members embracing

one another for their diversity and know that each one helps another on

their soul journey. Every loving and positive word I speak about my family

helps to generate more healing.

If You Have Trouble Forgiving

I forgive because I am capable of expressing compassion. By forgiving, I

release this situation from my energy field and feel clear-headed and

full-hearted. I forgive because I am able to rise to my higher self and feel

lighter. My light knows no boundaries when I forgive. Life feels lighter

when I forgive.

If Your Family Has Patriarchal Attitudes

I am a spark of the Divine; therefore I am of the same soul substance as

everyone else. From this day forward, I recognize my gifts of both male and

female energy and reclaim a balanced image of my infinite power. Those who

do not believe in me are denying part of their own divine nature; therefore

they have no power over me. I am supported by Mother God!

If You Have Regrets

Life is a curvaceous and fluid journey. Because I am always moving through

leaning stages, I cannot look back or measure. I learn though my

relationships because that is how I begin to define who I am. Nothing is

unforgivable in life. I know nursing this hurt is holding me back from fully

being with other; therefore I choose to thank the universe for giving me

another opportunity to develop my soul by knowing another person. I move

easily through this experience.

If You Repeat the Same Patterns

I keep experiencing the same events in my life because I have not learned a

lesson at the deep level of the soul. I am committed to changing my

behavior, attitude, and negative belief systems. I learn from past mistakes.

Life is a self-educational process and I am a perceptive individual. I watch

others as they model what I need to learn. I love all my talents as well as

my imperfections because that is what makes me the beloved person I am.

From " The Women's Book of Empowerment: 323 Affirmations That Change Everyday

Problems into Moments of Potential, " by Charlene M. Proctor, PhD. Copyright

2005. Reprinted with permission from the author.

Charlene M. Proctor, PhD helps lead people to a more positive mind and heart

set. You can read more about her on her website, The Goddess Network.