2. We utilize our past.
Instead of getting hung up from past investments that left you frustrated, learn from it. Ask yourself, “Where did it go wrong? Who screwed it up? Why was it so painful? What steps can I take that will lead me down a completely different but more fruitful path?
But whatever you do, don’t stop. Keep moving forward.
Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
3. We pursue our future.
The most beneficial thing you can do, whether trying to make better life decisions or planning to start life over, is just to move forward. Ask yourself, “What decision can I make today that will change my life tomorrow?”
Although this post wasn’t necessarily intended to be influenced by my exit of full-time ministry, it can definitely be used as an example.
When I resigned my last pastoral role, I had full intentions of leaving that part of my life behind. For a long time, I thought it was all for not. But I would come to realize it wasn’t.
I began to accept it. I started learning from my time as a pastor – the good and the bad. And then I applied it to other areas I wished to pursue.
I co-hosted a Christian radio talk-show.
I started a local magazine.
And then I combined my passion for creative media and my heart for Jesus and took a job at a church working in visual media.
We cannot change our past but our past can help change our future.
Accept your past.
Learn from it.
And then pursue your passion.