That can be good advice. Drive through. Don’t stop and obsess about things could have been different, should have been different. Drive through. Do what you need to do and move on.
What will you let go of today so that you can move forward?
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“Drive through,” as presented here in terms of “letting go” of the past, can also be very bad advice if in irresponsibly just “driving through” your problems you fail, or indeed refuse, to do what should be done to responsibly address the “sins of commission” and-or “sins of omission” that should not have happened but actually did happen. . .
I grew up in a harsh environment where I was often held up to ridicule by my family for the smallest mistakes and made to feel unworthy of being loved. The result was I became a perfectionist in my own life, striving toward a goal I could never attain, constantly critiquing my performance and never knowing true happiness for much of my young life. Even though I had the outward appearance of success I often felt like a failure. Learning to love and forgive myself took many years of undoing on my part. Today I can see past that pain and my life is much better for it. I understand that everyone makes mistakes and everyone struggles at times. It’s part of who we are as people. The important thing to keep in mind when things go wrong is this.
“Failure is what you did, it’s not who you are.”
Pick yourself up, make amends if necessary, and move on. Dwelling on the past serves no useful purpose. Be kind to yourself. You deserve it.
Letting go is very hard for me. I’m a keeper from way back so it isn’t that I’ve gotten old. Now, planning to move, I’m finding that some things even those from my distant treasured past can be passed on. But holding on to that past keeps me as steady as I can be.