A New Past

[In the Beginning – I]

It happened because . . .

. . . I was bullied in high school.
. . . I struggled to read early in grade school.
. . . I was neglected as a toddler.
. . . My mom smoked while pregnant.
. . . My grandma abused my dad for years.
. . . Grandpa’s dad was a violent drunk.
. . . Great grandpa was in the war and suffered PTSD.

There’s no end to how far we can go back. We can find cause, if we retrospect enough. The wound and scar and trauma is there. Finding the beginning, the root cause, the impetus, or the genesis is a life-long endeavor. And it’s important.

Equally important—and maybe harder!—is to insist on today being the beginning.

The beginning of the healing.
The beginning of the new narrative.
The beginning of your purpose.

Today can be the day you look back on in the future and say “It happened because on that day . . .”

You have the opportunity for today to not only be a new future, but come tomorrow, to be your new past.