Wale Olasoji

Everyone who has a present already has a past. Sometimes the past is better than the present but at other times it is a period you do not really want to remember. Whatever is the case, no one will pray that his past should be better than the present.

God wants you to forget the past. No matter how terrible the past was, God wants you to forget it! Even if it was very great, you still need to forget it. Many times the good past stands in the way of our better future. The past is really only useful as it helps us to understand the present and the future. Other than that, your future does not need to be a reflection of your past.

One of the questions people ask me many times is how possible it is to really forget the past. Well, forgetting the past does not mean the erasure of the past from our memories but ensuring that the ignoble past does not necessarily interfere with the glorious future.

If the past was good and desirable, it only shows that the future should be better. If all the necessary variables are in place, as one grows up, with time, experience and learning, maturity should increase. That really means that you can do better than your past!

Whenever you desire your past, it is because you have missed some steps in the present. Nature has created us to be forward looking and forward moving. Our eyes are always looking forward. You need to turn your whole body backwards to look at the past.

If your wife offended you in the past, let it be really in the past. If you had a child out of wedlock and you have made things right, let it really be in the past. Let the past be really past.

One of the greatest lessons you will ever learn in life is to let the past live in the past.

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