Do Not Go Back; You Moved Forward for a Reason!

I have said this for years “Do not go backwards” to myself only AFTER I realized I kept repeating the same mistakes and circled back to the same tree where I was lost in the woods.

When circumstance arise and we realize we are trapped in a cycle that repeats itself, when do we decide to get off the merry-go-round that is making us sick?

For some, how many times does it take to be hurt either by someone emotionally, physically in a toxic relationship before you take a stand and walk away for good?

How many times do you wake up ill from drinking the night before with the same group of friends before you stop abusing our body?

How many more times do you turn on harmful images on the internet, before you realize it is setting you up for failure in your future?

We have all heard of the saying, “A dog returns to its own vomit.” YUCK! Yet sometimes whether we are lonely, rebellious, angry, thinking we can change someone else, and we do the same thing; return to what makes us unhealthy, gobbling it up.

My best friend taught me that the human spirit has two things ≈ HOPE and RESILIENCE.

This is what keeps us from giving up, it is necessary. The human spirit will try, fail, try, fail, and so on. However……do not use it to go back to an unhealthy situation, habit, or what made you bleed in the past. Repeating the same thing over and over expecting a different result is defined as INSANITY.

Oh how I have missed it. Look at this thing I thought I was actually able to do…..

RULE #1 I can change them if I do things differently this time.

A few more fails and I rewrote the rule.

RULE #1 I can only change MYSELF.

HOPE and RESILIENCE are necessary to move on as well. To push forward and walk into the unknown. Just know you are not the only one, EVEN though it feels lonely – there are days I am with you, there are days your neighbor is with you, or the attendant you are giving your credit card to at the gas station, they are hurting too and finding the strength to FACE FORWARD.

You are not alone in the fight to make the better choice and walk by faith.

Seasons repeat if we miss the lesson the first time around, but the good thing is we have another CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT!

Your prayers were answered and you were rescued from that thing. Do not go back to it.