Healthy
A
nother summer has
ended. It’s tempting to
chalk it up as one more
year, to moan about
the things you didn’t get done, and
say, “Next year.” I don’t want to live for
“next year.”
As a former history teacher, I
understand how specific events shape
generations. Each of us has a past, a
present and a future. With each breath,
we step into future moments, living in
the present that’s shaped by our past.
How well do you hold these things
in balance? History challenges me –
people lived in moments that defined
important, life-changing events. Your
daily events don’t seem life-changing,
but every moment we live defines our
lives. To live well, we need to walk into
the future while being fully present
now, not dwelling on the past.
1. How are you doing with that?
2. Are you dwelling on your past and
letting it define you?
Hearts
?Healthy
Homes
by Brenda Yoder, MA,
Education & Prevention Advocate for Elijah Haven Crisis Intervention Center
3. Are you wasting the present by not 4. Don’t wish today away. “Once I
get a different job,” “Once the kids
being intentional about things that
get bigger,” or “Once things slow
matter?
down” are common things we say.
4. Are you anxious about the future,
You may not get the raise, the kids
longing for something different
will eventually leave, and things
and grumbling about your present?
may not slow down.
Each moment is important. We
can’t undo the past but it effects our
present. As I look to the future, I don’t
want to be stuck longing for what was
or fearful of what’s ahead. So how do
we live well today?
1. Learn from the past and apply lessons to the present. History does
repeat itself.
2. Don’t let the past define your
present, your identity, or hope for
the future. Each day begins with
a clean slate, a fresh start, an opportunity for change.
3. Realize consequences from the
past are what they are. New behavior can change but consequences
from the past have to run their
course.
5. Consider how present choices
affect the future. Small decisions
impact us both good and bad
whether we realize it or not. Daily
choices define our priorities that
dictate how we live our lives. We
just don’t wake up one day and live
in successes or failures.
6. Change happens the moment you
do something about your past,
present, or future. “Just do it” is
the million dollar answer. Pick up
the pen, make the move, say what
needs to be said.
How about you? Are there things
in your present, past or future that you
need to change? What are steps that
you can make to make it happen?
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