Your past determines your life now and forever.

Nope. Your experiences have shaped who you

are, but they only determine your life if you let

them define you forever. Don’t be a victim, and

don’t stay mired in your past. Don’t use it as

an excuse not to be great now. You can’t

change what happened to you, but you can

refuse to give it the power to rule you now.

 Bad people and things shouldn’t exist, so if

they do, you have to get upset about them.

There’s that “should” again. Bad people and

things do exist. The world is not perfect.

People hurt each other, natural disasters and

calamities occur, lamentable things happen.

But you don’t have to get upset about them.

It’s hard not to sometimes, but getting upset

doesn’t help anything, so why put yourself

through that?

Also, how many times has something

happened that wasn’t what you were hoping

for at all, but looking back, you can see that it

all worked out to your advantage? It may help

to remind yourself of those times and consider

that your current situation may turn out the

same in the long run.