How Witches Release Themselves and Stop Being a Slave to the Past

Someone I know, Lori, said that she had been targeted by mean girls in high school. This just about destroyed her self-esteem. It still bothers her today. She’d like to leave the corporate world and start her own business. But she feels shackled by her fears. She says that she does self-sabotage.

I reflected on this. It does not help to deny an earlier chapter of life. Still, we do not want to be a slave to the past.

I have three insights for you.

Identify the thought patterns that shackle you to the past.

Do you have certain painful thought patterns that started in your childhood or teen years?

Are these thoughts like the noise of a chainsaw?

Being bullied as a child, I experience echoes of ideas including “stupid, ugly, can’t do anything right.”

It’s garbage! But it comes up in my thoughts. Having clinical depression symptoms just makes this situation worse.

At least, I can see that there are times when I am free of those damn thoughts.

Identifying the terrible, negative thought patterns is the first step to healing.

Pick a new vision.

What would you rather have in this new chapter of life?

It takes effort to expand your awareness. What could be better in your new chapter of life?

Is there something new you would like to experience?

Is it time to seek a new circle of friends?

Realize that life has chapters.

A simple example is: a chapter in your life included when you could not ride a bicycle. Then later you could ride a bicycle. Something changed.

Learning to ride a bicycle probably included some scrapes and bruises.

Doing new things may require some bumps and difficulties.

Still, I invite you to pick a new vision.

Ask the Goddess for support to help you let go.

If you’re going to release yourself from shackles and stop being a slave to the past, you must do something different. Something new. At times, it may appear too hard to do.

Call out to the Gods and seek Their support.

A Prayer

God and Goddess,
Give me the strength to release the shackles
To the past that holds me back.
Help me see my truth.
Of how I am in Your eyes.
Give me the strength to live this truth.
Help me discover the serenity of this truth.
So Mote It Be.

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater