Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

You're Not Stuck

We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.  When you stop learning you stop living a meaningful life.  Life’s richness does not come from always residing within familiar and comfortable territory.  It’s when you venture out away from the familiar that you grow stronger and more capable.

You must hold tightly to your core values while at the same time opening your heart and mind to new ideas, feelings and experiences.  Your own perspective will become clearer when you look at things from different angles.  Find ways to provide a healthy challenge to your current understanding of life, and you will discover and experience far more of life’s magic in the days ahead.

Before you can truly LIVE today, a part of you has to die first.  You have to let go and bury what could have been, how you should have responded and what you wish you would have done differently.  You have to accept that you can’t change a past experience, opinions of others at that moment in time, or outcomes from their choices or yours.  When you finally accept this truth, then you will finally understand the true meaning of forgiving yourself and others.  From this point you will finally be present and free.

Go ahead!  Let go.  Forgive.  Be present and free.  As long as you are breathing, you are just beginning.  NOW is a new beginning.  Don’t pretend like you’re stuck.  You aren't.

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