Merle Shain Quotes

An unresolved past erodes beauty in the present.

People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.

The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by an unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back. Or you can let it go and move forward. It’s your choice.

Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves that allows us to get on with our lives instead of being trapped in the past by resentment.

If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.

Forgiveness is a gift to yourself. It frees you from the past, past experiences, and past relationships. It allows you to live in the present time. When you forgive yourself and forgive others, you are indeed free.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

Don't ruin the present with the ruined past.

Forgiveness isn’t my best thing. Easier staying pissed. But I’m tired of being pissed all the time. Tired of feeling hurt by stuff that can never be fixed because it is an indelible part of the past.

Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it’s making peace with yourself.

We cannot change past events, no matter how painful, but we can always intend how we 'feel' about them and heal ourselves.

Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past—not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us.

Letting go of your painful past is how you open yourself to a wonderful future.

You can't build your life around hurts from the past" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

If you don't make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your present.

You let go of the past, and stop bringing the past into the present and replaying it into the future. You release guilt, shame, and you can create an entirely new pattern for yourself.

Don´t be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing the chapters that you have read; there is no need to go back again and again.

And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?

Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it.

You're so ashamed of your past; drop it! You're so proud of your past; drop it!