Don’t allow the past to keep you in the past, rather move on. In life there comes times when it’s right to move on. It is inevitable to see problems arise in our lifetimes, various things in life will tend to pull us back. Don’t let the past hold you back in achieving better than what you had or could have had, always look for better opportunities in life.
If you are finding it hard to move on, regardless of whatever happened, the following tips might help you to move on;
- Remember that you did not fail.
- Believe in moving on. Despite what you might be feeling, encourage yourself that all that will end soon and become a past experience.
- Get yourself busy with fun or productive activities. Over time, you will find that you already moved on.
- Allow yourself to feel sad, feel all the emotions associated with the downfall as it’s part of life, but do not judge. With time, the feeling will fade and move away.
It might not be easy to move on, but is a crucial requirement, and it is an absolute must. Failing to move on causes a stagnancy in life and hinders you from other opportunities. Therefore, move on, be happy and see what the future holds for you.
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- “My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more. It’s happened before, it will happen again, I’m sure. When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive – I’ll find love again.” – Paulo Coelho
- “Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?” – Mary Manin Morrissey
- “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
- “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” – C. JoyBell
- “Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror” – Byrd Baggett
- “That’s all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. You keep going.” – Robyn Schneider
- “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it’s the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open. But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it’s frozen shut.” – Gayle Forman
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr
- “Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.” – Justin Timberlake
- “A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.” – Wayne L. Misner
- “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” – Proverb
- “Letting go is the willingness to change your beliefs in order to bring more peace and joy into your life instead of holding onto beliefs that bring pain and suffering.” – Hal Tipper
- “Stop worrying about what you have to loose and start focusing on what you have to gain.” – Unknown
- “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.” – Tupac Shakur
- “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, d’I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Osteen
- “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.” – Alyson Noel
- “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass – It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
- “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan
- “It’s not a matter of letting go – you would if you could. Instead of “Let it go” we should probably say “Let it be.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “Forget what hurt you but never forget what it taught you.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
- “It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.” – Melody Beatti
- “Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” – Erich Fromm
- “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr
- “Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.” – Katherine Mansfield
- “You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go.” – Drew Gerald
- “Sometimes you have to move on without certain people. If they’re meant to be in your life, they’ll catch up.” – Mandy Hale
- “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.” – Tao Te Ching
- “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” – Unknown
- “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
- “Letting go isn’t a one-time thing, it’s something you have to do every day, over and over again.” – Dawson’s Creek
- “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
- “The answer to every adversity lies in courageously moving forward with faith.” – Edmond Mbiaka
- “Your past does not equal your future.” – Anthony Robbins
- “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
- “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
- “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss
- “Why let go of yesterday? Because yesterday has already let go of you.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.”– Nicole Sobon
- “I gather strength from life’s storms.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
- “You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.” – Mandy Hale
- “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber
- “One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.” – B. Nicole
- “If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.” – Amit Ray
