Letting Go

I've been really thinking and evaluating a lot of different things about my life and I've come to the realization that its time to let some things go. I mean really, holding on to things in the past only hurts you. Why dwell on the past? There's nothing we can do to change what happened to us before, all we can do is learn from those things. I never realized how much baggage I've held on to for soooo long...stuff that happened soooo long ago I can't even remember all the details. So this new year I'm going to purpose in my heart and mind to let the past go. I know people make new years resolutions every year and most times they don't keep them, but this is not really a new years resolution. This is more like me following God's commandments. The bible says not to dwell on the past and to forgive all the people that hurt you in the past. So I think that its time for me and not only me but all of us to just start letting stuff go. What's the use in staying upset with people about stuff that we can't even remember. Even the stuff we can remember we still need to let go. It only makes us frustrated, and I don't know about you, but I'm tired of being frustrated about stuff that people have done or said. I'm ready to just let all the things that people said or did to me in the past go. And start loving all those people that hurt me and just giving them another chance because really, what if God treated us the way we treat people when they hurt us? We treat God the same way every time we do something that goes against His word. So the same way He forgives us I think we need to start doing the same thing for people. And I know what your thinking, "easier said then done" which is true but you know what the truth of the matter is that there is no use in us staying mad and harping on old issues, it's time to step into the future and letting God take us to the next level. Because that's what its all about, getting closer and closer to God.