{"id":30727,"date":"2011-04-16T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T22:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/30727\/appreciating\/"},"modified":"2011-04-16T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T22:18:11","slug":"appreciating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/30727\/appreciating\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciating Our Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/past\/dreamsComeTrue30.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><strong>Appreciating Our Past<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">It is easy to be negative about past<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">mistakes and unhappiness.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">But it is much more healing to look<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">at ourselves and our past in the light<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">of experience, acceptance, and growth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/today\/looktotomorrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Our past is a series of lessons that advance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">us to higher levels of living and loving.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">The relationships we entered, stayed in,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">or ended taught us necessary lessons.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/past\/Past_and_present_is_future.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Some of us have emerged from the most<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">painful circumstances with strong insights<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">about who we are and what we want.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Our mistakes?  Necessary.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Our frustrations, failures, and sometimes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">stumbling attempts at growth and progress?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">They were necessary, too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dl4.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/1578\/1578054l21qlbpw8f.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Each step of the way, we learned.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">We went through exactly the experiences<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">we need to, to become who we are today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Each step of the way, we progressed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Is our past a mistake?  No.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">The only mistake we can make<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">is mistaking that for the truth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dl8.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/430\/430008e55y7e7199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Today, God, help me let go<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">of negative thoughts I may be<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">harboring about my past<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">circumstances or relationships.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">I can accept, with gratitude,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">all that has brought me to today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/today\/spectodayisagiftcard.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Love &amp; Light,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/Angel_Love\" target=\"_blank\">\u2665Angel Love\u2665<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/hearts\/purpleflowersheart.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness.  But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2788,2676,3020,2564,2099,69,2500,3021,2469,867,868],"class_list":["post-30727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-acceptance","tag-angel-love","tag-appreciate","tag-growth","tag-lessons","tag-life-2","tag-living","tag-loving","tag-mistakes","tag-past","tag-present"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}