It Begins Anew with You
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You often hear of people seeking a “fresh start,” a new beginning in an area of their life where they just need to try again, to start over. We have all made mistakes in areas where we wish we could go back and erase past errors and hurts.
This of course is impossible, but what we are given every 24 hours is a new day, and there is power in a new day. Each day you are given opportunity to turn away from the mistakes of yesterday and to let that new day begin anew with you.
Let’s consider a $20 bill. That bill has the same value whether it is in your hands or the hands of another, whether it is tattered and torn or nearly new. It also has the same value regardless of its past. The money you hold may have been used previously for good or for evil. It may have purchased drugs, alcohol, been a part of a bribe, etc. However, none of these actions would change its current value to you.
The history of that money is not what matters, for the past does not change its current value and the fact that you can now use that money for something good.
Each new day is like the $20 bill, for the past and history of your life matter not. There is power and value in each new day. Assuming you are not imprisoned and without the freedom to choose your new path, then each day truly can begin anew with you.
You can rise above the chains that held you captive the days, weeks, months, or years before, and you can use this new day to begin down a new path.
This idea can also be applied to friendships and relationships. We have all held another’s past against them or had our own pasts be used against us.
We know what it is like for trust to be lacking based on past actions and mistakes, whether it be from our mistakes or from those of another. However, you should be careful to avoid holding someone’s past against them.
If you were not a part of their past, then the future of the relationship can begin anew with you…
We can increase the value of our relationships and friendships if we invest wisely in the lives of others, just as money if used wisely can increase in value.
We are not to be foolish about the lives and pasts of others, but new friendships and relationships can begin anew with you. People can feel worthless when they are treated badly, so choose to be the person that treats others as precious. People will often act lovingly when they also feel loved, so be wise and see the power when something or someone begins anew with you.
Just because someone lied or cheated in the past, this does not guarantee that they will lie and cheat in their relationship with you. In the past they may have surrounded themselves with people who also behaved badly, and this could have contributed to some of their poor choices.
If you start a new relationship with that person, and you are a light and a positive influence in their life, then they may not fall victim to past sins.
Invest wisely in the lives of others. You can change the value of someone by how you treat them.
We teach people how to treat us, and so if you hold someone to a higher standard than what they have previously known, then you may be pleased to see them rise to the occasion in their relationship with you. Their actions will begin anew with you.
We should choose wisely in the people we surround ourselves with. It is naive to think that we can always be a positive influence for those struggling. There are of course times that hanging out with the wrong crowd will instead bring us down, but we must be careful to give people a chance to prove they can do better.
They may also be seeking a new day, a new beginning, and you may be just the person they need in their life to bring about a better future.
I have written another article that you can view here, detailing the importance of choosing friends wisely, and I do not mean for this article to seem as though it is in conflict with that one. That article speaks more about those who choose negative influences as friends as a means to make themselves look better. This is more about not writing someone off as a result of your judgement over their past.
The key is to not allow ourselves to be dragged down by people who are negative influences in our lives, while also being careful not to miss an opportunity to have someone special in our lives because we were judgmental of their past.
Give others the opportunity to change, to prove themselves as a worthy person to have in your life, but do not surround yourself with those who are unwilling to change when you give them this opportunity.
Also, be sure to allow yourself the power of a new day, to be as the $20 bill that can now be used for good, regardless of its past. See the power of a new day, and see the power in the way that all things can begin anew with you.
~ Jennifer ~
