The past is the past.

Yet, we constantly think about it. Obsess over mistakes or missed opportunities, feel guilt or let down.

Forgive yourself. Everyone sees their own insecurities: it’s as if there is a tiny camera hovering over you. It picks apart every mistake, every wrong decision.

Yet others don’t see that. Some of the best advice I’ve gotten was when someone said, “You’re more confident than you think.” You have the capability, you have the drive. Sometimes it takes someone else to see it, but it is there. But it’ll never come out if you don’t accept yourself for who you are, and confidently go after your goals.

So take risks. Take chances on yourself, take chances on other people. Everyone that got anywhere got there because someone took a chance on them. At every step of the way, someone believed in them and did not have to. Let someone put their faith in you. Let someone take that chance that will open up doors that you never thought of.

Because opportunity is coming when you least expect it. And luck is simply when preparation meets opportunity. So when that opportunity comes, will you be stuck in the past or ready to rise to the occasion?

Give yourself the courage to let go of the past. Because that opportunity is coming, and you’ll be ready to seize the day.