Trapped in the past

Many times in our lives we are trapped in our past; with our feelings, our needs and wants, and sometimes we are trapped with our family and friends without even noticing it. It may seem simple at the beginning, it will pass or gone in a minute or two but in the long run we are already trapped that and can hardly move and get out.The feeling of denial is there and we cannot move forward to take the risk and trust the leap of faith because we became too comfortable to the point of being scared, coward and weak.

Let me share a story of a girl named Dina. Dina and her brother was born illegitimate but her father's parents loved them so much and they let them stay and give them home even if their father already lived in his new family. Not all of his father's siblings were happy with their stay and they treated them bad especially her mother. They treat her like a slave and that made Dina felt bad about them. Her mother endured all these because she wants them to continue with their studies and have a good life. When Dina graduated and finally decide to have a family on her own, she asked her mother to stop working for them and just stay home and help her with the kids. Dina and his family also struggles financially but that did not stop her from molding her kids to be someone better, someone far from the relatives that she grew up to. God sees her heart and all her 7 kids were became successful and were able to provide her and her husband a huge house and they are now living comfortably. But the problem is, Dina always gets too emotional when she remembers her past, and she could not erase the pain and struggles that she and her family experienced. Her kids would always remind her to forgive and forget but she could not. It was like a bad nightmare that keeps haunting her.

Even if we have the luxury and comfortable life that we dreamed of when we are trapped in the past, we can never be truly happy. Hatred hinders us from feeling the joy from within. We may look happy or good in the outside but ask yourself, really? Remove that thorn and that web in your life and be free. Choose to forgive and forget, and to love. Only then you can truly feel the true meaning of happiness.

Thanks for reading. Choose to inspire and smile always. God bless us all!