One should not keep on remembering the past all the time. The past is insignificant like the dead. As the dead are buried and forgotten, the same way the past should be forgiven and forgotten by the human being. By pondering over the past we make our future dark, as we are not able to work efficiently in the right direction. Past keeps in haunting us and creates obstacles in our success.
Now take the example of Mrs. Thomson. She has gone through a turbulent period in her life. Her mother-in-law was a very cruel woman. She used to torture her beyond limits and never gave her enough to eat inspite of making her work day and night like slaves. Mrs. Thomson was not able to complaint about her mother-in-law to her husband, as her husband was very much in influence of his mother. Her mother-in-law later on died a miserable death.
Mrs. Thomson’s mother-in-law has suffered the consequences of her evil deeds, but Mrs. Thomson has not forgotten the past. The memories of her mother-in-law keeps on haunting her and makes her life miserable. She could not forget her mother-in-law’s attitude with her. She did everything to please her mother-in-law, but her mother-in-law was never satisfied with her.
Now it’s wrong of Mrs. Thomson to keep on remembering the past. The follies and mistakes of others should be forgotten, and embrace everyone with love, eliminating the negative emotions of hatred and enmity from the mind, only then can you attain success in your life.
