○Because of the past, there is happiness now | Message for July 16th

Getters Iida has compiled
words that accompany each of the 365 days of the year into
one book.
He reminds us with gentle words of
important things we tend to forget in our daily lives.

In my daily life, I want to gain small realizations. With that thought in mind, I also introduce this message every day.

At the start of the day, I would be happy if you could read it quietly.

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■Message for July 16th

“Because of the past, there is joy now”

If I were to express this day's message in one phrase, it would be,
“Try accepting that even the painful past was an important foundation that supported the person you are today.”

■The past is the foundation that supports the present

“If I had made a different choice back then...”

Have you ever looked back on the past and
felt regret like that?

However, this book says that past failures, detours, and painful experiences are also
an important part of building who you are today.

People you met precisely because of that experience.
Knowledge and ways of thinking you acquired precisely because of that failure.

When you can think that way,
the scenery of how you view the past will also change little by little.

■Instead of regret, say “thanks to”

Rather than continuing to blame the past,
try changing your words to “thanks to that.”

That small change in awareness will lighten your heart. “
Thanks to that experience, I became able to understand people's feelings.” “
Thanks to that failure, I stopped repeating the same mistakes.”

By changing the meaning in that way, the past will surely change from regret into
a treasure of your life.

■Savoring the happiness of the present

Feeling happy now. A place where you can feel at ease. Time spent with important people.

In the background of each of those things,
there is surely the life you have walked until now.

The happiness you have now is something that was born
precisely because of the accumulation of the past.

That is precisely why cherishing the "present" also leads to
gratitude for the future.

■ A small step you can take starting today

・Try writing down one thing you felt was "fun" today.
・Try recalling a past experience that led to that event.
・Choose one past failure and try rephrasing it as "thanks to that."

In life, there are also many events that did not go as planned.

But each one of them supports who I am today, and
leads to this very day.

"Thanks to the past, there is happiness now."

If we can look back with that feeling,
life might become even gentler and richer.

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