In my first posting I mentioned that "our subconscious mind or the right brain, stores memory, organizes, recollects, visualizes incidents and processes information from past experiences in an intuitive and simultaneous way and it is creative and emotional".
Everyone of us have a history, no matter our age or position in life is. Some are better than most, others are far worse than anyone can imagine. There might be some setbacks like job layoffs, relationships gone south, getting betrayed by a friend or a colleague at work etc. In the same way there might be some past experiences of successes, appreciations and of great times.
Our past experiences can either take us to new heights, or shatter our future days making us run for cover. The decisions we take for the future basing on the past experiences makes the difference. This decision making capability lies in the conscious mind i.e left brain that processes information logically and is the place where we develop will power that also controls our nervous system.
The two sides of the brain communicate with each other constantly, mixing logical, rational thoughts with the abstract and emotional thoughts.The influence of the right brain abstract thoughts (creative and emotional) i.e past good/bad experiences on the left brain can either strengthen or hamper in the process of conscious decision making. So it is essential to realize that life, no matter what we do, always continues moving forward and is always filled with extremes. We can either embrace our past, or allow it to manipulate our future. The choice is clearly ours on how we handle these situations. And the choices we make by combining both our past memories from the right brain with the logical thinking of the left brain will greatly affect ourselves and the people around us.
Converting failures into positive futuristic attempts should be developed as a habit because in fear and panic past memories of failure haunt us only to crush down and down destroying our dreams, our relationships, our future goals.
Its evident every where that happy and successful people in this world use their ability, will power and optimistic approach with never giving up attitude to rise above previous hurdles. Rather, they don't look at problems and bad events as a crutch to wallow in negativity , they embrace them as learning experiences, helping them achieve their best moments yet. Many actually enjoy tough situations and problems because it helps them distinguish the truth, and see visions of what's coming next.
Once Mohammed Azharuddin, ex-captain of Indian Cricket Team was going through a bad phase with out of form. The continous failures in scoring runs at the crease made him go down and down. During that period Sunil Gavaskar advised Azhar to watch all the glorious innings he has played in his past and how he punished the best of the best bowlers of the world. And this recollection of past glory not only rebuilt his subsided confidence levels but transformed him to a person where every experience of his failure made him stronger and stronger and every success has added to his library to recollect during failures.
Yes, failures hurts when they come to bare. But life is a non-stop journey and it all depends on our thought process how we let go of the past by remembering better times of the past and realizing better times were only a few moments away and moving toward a brighter and beautiful future waiting to bestow upon our shoulders, giving more happiness than ever imagined.
