The Past Isn't The Problem

John Morgan's weekly Grasshopper Notes essay for the week of July 21st is about rewritng your past so it serves you in the present.

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Transcript

Your Past Isn't The Problem

Ya know, It's been said your past shapes who you are. But what if the past isn’t the problem? What if the real issue is you not recognizing who you are in the present?

We've all been conditioned – much of it without our permission. We adopted the attitudes, habits, preferences, and the prejudices of the people who brought us up. We sucked in all kinds of stuff—good, bad, messy, beautiful. But the biggest mistake we've made is believing these patterns of thinking and behaving are who we are.

That's not even close.

Maybe you were conditioned that you're not good enough, smart enough, tough enough, pretty enough, etc. When we believe those opinions are our lot in life, our life story, so to speak, we have to face this fact: That story is written in pencil. And in case you forgot, that pencil has an eraser.

Treat your story as a first draft and start editing out what just doesn't fit with the person you want to be now. So many of us keep reading those early drafts as if they’re final. We hand them to other people. We recite them to ourselves. But those stories are outdated. And most of them? Flat-out untrue

You are not your conditioning, or your worst day. And you sure as hell are not your mistakes. And you are definitely not the voice in your head that tells you it’s too late.

It’s not too late. You can pick up a pen and write your story in ink right now. You can become the editor of your own life.

Ask yourself:

• “What am I still carrying that’s not mine to carry?”
• “What story have I outgrown but haven’t let go of?”
• “What would it sound like if I told my story with my desires, not their limitations?

You don’t have to pretend the past didn’t happen. But you can rewrite what it means.

Instead of “I was mistreated,” you can write: “I learned how to stand up for myself.”

Instead of “I failed,” you can write: “That failure taught me who I want to become.”

You’re not stuck. You're not broken. You're just between chapters.

The story isn’t over.

Again, not even close.

So go ahead—start your rewrite. And this time, make yourself the hero.

All the best,

John