When Your Past Self Meets Your Present Truth

Writing the past

I don’t write about my past self anymore. That’s behind me. My focus is on now, today, tomorrow, the future. Once I let go of all the emotional baggage associated with looking back, I rarely revisit those moments.

I only speak of the moments that bring me joy. I choose not to wake up those feelings from the past. Been there, done that.

But sometimes, old patterns or behaviors resurface. When that happens, I ask myself: What is this about? Why do I feel the need to go back instead of forward? If I can’t ask myself the hard questions and demand an answer, then I cannot teach or heal effectively.

💫 A Reiki Moment: Solar Plexus Empowerment

When past patterns try to pull you backward, your solar plexus chakra—your center of personal power—needs strengthening.

Place both hands over your upper abdomen and breathe deeply into this space. Imagine a bright yellow light expanding with each breath, burning away any old energy that no longer serves you.

Say with conviction:

“I am not who I used to be. I choose who I am becoming.”

Feel your personal power anchoring you in the present moment.

📝Words of Encouragement

I truly believe forgiveness is for the self first. I have to forgive me before I can forgive anyone else.

One powerful moment was when I forgave myself for the decisions I made as an adolescent. As an adult, I can see that my decisions were the best I had at the time, and it paved the way for me to give myself a break.

That adolescent version of me? She was doing her best with what she knew. The person I am now has more tools, more wisdom, more perspective. But she’s built on the foundation of every choice that younger self made.

You don’t have to stay stuck in who you used to be. But honoring that person—forgiving that person—creates the freedom to become who you’re meant to be now.

✨ Put It Into Practice

🖊️ Prompt: Think of a version of yourself from the past that you’ve been hard on. Write: “What would I say to that version of myself now? How can I honor the person I was while embracing who I’m becoming?”

Write from the place of wisdom you have now, but with compassion for who you were then.