Your past does not dictate your future
When we look back to our past for answers, sometimes it is helpful, sometimes not so much. The trick is to know which is which. They say if you don't know history that you are doomed to repeat it. And there is some sense to that. We learn from our mistakes, not our successes. I love Edison's quote about his invention of the light bulb (I realize that he actually may or may not have invented the light bulb, but bear with me): “ I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work .” Thomas Edison What isn't "working" in your life right now? Have you given up? Have you looked to the past and figured, "Why bother? It didn't work out then, so why would it work now?" Looking back can paralyze us. It did Lot's wife - she literally turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back instead of moving on and forward as God commanded them to. Our minds are extremely powerful. They can create scenarios that may or may not happen.