Do Not Get Stuck in Reverse

No matter how often we revisit the past, there is nothing new to see - let go.

This is a hard lesson that took me a while to learn because it wasn’t easy to accept that some things are not meant to be.

Between navigating life, love, and loss during a pandemic, and dealing with my own personal demons, the past was a happy place I’ve always cling to whenever things got pretty bad.

It was familiar, it felt safe, and I was desperate for anything (or anyone) to hold on to, but at the end of the day, I know I was just fooling myself.

What happened, happened, even if I don’t want it to, even if I don’t like how it ended, even if it hurts six ways to Sunday, and even if it broke my heart again and again.

Let go.

It’s hard to imagine how our whole world, which used to be so promising, could be summed up into just that - let go.

And I am letting go.

As a new year begins, I want to welcome it with affirmation that this is the year where I will let go and find closure in all things that ended.

This year, I want to move forward in the direction that gives me peace of mind. I don’t want to get stuck in reverse. I want to be happy.