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Mere Christianity

by C.S. Lewis

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May 27, 2026 02:01PM

“To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it…it’s over. It can hurt you no more.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

tags: letting-go, letting-go-of-the-past, living-in-the-moment, living-in-the-past, living-in-the-present, moving-on, positive-thinking, releasing-the-past, surrender, the-past, the-single-woman

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“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: misattributed, misattributed-lao-tzu

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“When you are bored, restless, longing for something more, unfulfilled, feeling like you've settled, haunted by the sense of being trapped in your own life, these are the deep waters of your soul speaking to you, telling you something is wrong, something is missing, something needs to change.”
― Rob Bell, How to Be Here: A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living

tags: boredom, change, restlessness, trapped

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“Letting yesterday affect today will only destroy the excitement of tomorrow.”
― Michelle Cruz-Rosado

tags: letting-go, letting-go-of-the-past, living-in-the-moment, living-in-the-past, living-in-the-present

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“Am I the only one
wishing life away?
Never caught up in the moment
busy begging the past to stay
Memories painted with much brighter ink;
they tell me I loved, teach me how to think.”
― Dodie Clark

tags: dodie-clark, lyrics, song-lyrics

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