You Are Not Your Past (Motivational Speech)

You are not your past
You are not your mistakes
You are not your failures
You are not who you were yesterday
You are not even who you were this morning
You are who you decide to become
Who you commit to become

You could be one decision away from a completely new life
We are all capable of re-inventing ourselves
There's absolutely no reason why
Anyone should live in the dark times of their past
When their future is bright, and waiting for them

Holding onto things that have gone wrong in the past
Is never going to serve your future
It's never going to make you feel good in the present
It will only increase your suffering

So you have to ask yourself
"Is that event, that moment from my past
That moment that is over now
Worthy of sucking all the joy out of my present and my future?
Am I really going to let that moment, that person or event win
Am I really going to let that take away all the joy of my future?"

Let it go, we all make mistakes, we all do
Those who move on have the greatest chance of joy
Both now and in the future

Forgive yourself
Forgive everything and everyone, and feel the weight drop
From your shoulders as you walk toward your new life

Repeat to yourself every day, "I am not my past
I am not my mistakes, I am not my failures
I am who I decide to become
I am who I commit to become
I commit to become the best I can be
I forgive, I move on, I look forward to the new me
My best is yet to come"



Credits
Writer(s): Nicholas Macri, Rachael Schroeder
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

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