Forgiving the past to move forward

When you have had a really rough and torturous past like I have with all the bullying etc. It is hard to let go of the pain that you had to endure on every level from the people who did you wrong. These last 21 days in lockdown have really allowed me to let go of all that and forgive everyone that passed a snide remark or comment about something I said or did in the past. This is for both in my school and varsity days as well as all those years that I worked for bosses. I had a realisation earlier today that what happened in the past no longer bothers me because I overcame it quite effectively and it is really pointless to hold onto the pain in my adult life.

So, to those that did do me wrong and there were many of you. I will not mention names due to this fact but all is forgiven because I know that deep down despite all that you all said to me, I have come to love and accept myself as I am and am proudly moving forward in all areas of my life and am making a life for myself that I am really proud of. It is one of my own creation and it has brought me much happiness and success.

Over the last say 8 months or so. I have consciously been deciding that I am ready to bring every area of my life together and build the life that I have always wanted. That includes a life of health, wealth, abundance and prosperity and as of now. I am allowing everything to come into my life exactly as it is meant to be. One area has already to come to make its presence felt in my life and now it is time for me to have all the rest. This includes my dream home, a successful online store, which I spent 3 months building by myself, a healthy mind and body and to live the life that I am completely worthy of.

The last 11 years have taught me that consciously deciding to be myself no matter what has brought me to where I am today and as each day passes, I become a better and stronger version of the person that I was the day before. The choices that I have made have been to my benefit and have worked in my favour, a vast majority of the time.

So with that now off of my chest. We move to the usual order of the day, that is today's #ootd:

And not forgetting the little star of the day

Now combining the classic and simple in this way, you get this:

Just look at how beautiful and clear Rosebank, Hyde Park and Sandton look today, it looks amazing and it just got clearer and clearer as the day went by.

There is the beautiful Rosebank with the Standard Bank building standing proud and beautiful on the skyline.

Dead in the middle is Hyde Park Mall. A beautiful centre and next it is Sandton with Sandton City Shopping centre and the Michelangelo Tower gracing the Johannesburg skyline. Yes, that's right I have the view of that from my bedroom window. I get to see that every morning from Northcliff when I open my windows and curtains every single day.

It is a blessing to be able to see that and see basically the whole of Johannesburg just by standing on Rocky Ridge and I will make a video of that when lockdown is lifted so that you can see what I mean. The whole Johannesburg skyline is visible from there.

I write the posts that I write these days to give hope to those that are and were in the position that I was in that it is possible to let go of that pain and move forward with your life. I'm not telling you to forget what happened because that is impossible but forgive the people and forgive yourself because it is not your fault that those things happened, the problems were not with you. All those people had problems of their own and chose to take their frustration out on you. This happened to me as a child and I want children to understand and other adults who faced the same things I did that it is okay and that you can get past it by doing this.

I know that there are many more who have been and are in the same situation and I want you to tell yourself that those problems that they have are not your circus, not your monkeys, not your problem. So don't beat yourself up for their anguish which they are too scared to face. It is for them to deal with and they are the ones that need to admit to themselves that they have these problems.

So enough for today, I will see y'all soon

Happy Thursday

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