We often idealise certain scenarios – many of us reinvent stories of our past for ourselves so that we look back and reminisce and compare our current stress with a seeming ‘perfection’ of yesterday. In reality, the past had its own confusions and complexities and you were not as personally developed as you are now. In fact, there are reasons you moved on from that stage in your life – something drove you elsewhere and there were things you needed to learn and do. Another thing that we do is come to the conclusion that our life would be better if we had a boy/girlfriend, kids, a better job, a different home. It may be, but that doesn’t mean that your life is worthless now and you should deprive yourself of joy in this season and on your path to gaining those things.
LLUMI Australia 