For the new year :
It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness . But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience , and growth .
Our past is a series of living and loving . The relationships we entered , stayed in , or ended taught us necessary lessons .
Some of us have emerged from the most painful circumstances with strong insights about who we are and what we want . Our mistakes ? Necessary . Our frustrutions , failures , and sometimes stumbling attempts at growth and progress ? Necessary too . Each step the way , we learned . Each step of the way we progressed . Let us accept , with gratitude , all that has brought us to today .