How to remove your painful past from your mind

A lot of times people let their past hurt their future. A lot of things that have happened sometime way back, in family or whatever, and they’ll let it hurt and hindered their progress. Someone who is listening right
now, and that s the case.
What kind of tips can you give them to go past those obstacles and to close down their past negatives to go for future positives?

Well, understand first of all the past, yesterday, they are simply words. There is no such place as the past. There is no such place as yesterday. It’s not a place you can actually physically go visit. The only way you can be there is in your mind.
So if there’s something negative that has happened to you and you want to forget it, then work on purging it from your mind. Replace that with something positive. Replace that with something that you want. Get involved in some activities that are going to be beneficial to you, that are going to be worthwhile, that you enjoy doing, that you’re passionate about. Because whatever has happened in the past it can only come back and haunt you if you bring it back. It will not jump into your life without your permission.
You ve got to let it back in.
You have to let it back in. It can’t get in unless you let it in So, lock up the past. Steel trap. Talk about visualization. Imagine this giant steel door that just went BAM on your past. It’s gone.
The only time that exists is right now. There is no tomorrow. As soon as you get to 12:00:01, it’s today. It’s always today. Whatever you want to do, you can do today. If you’re not doing what you want to do today, then you are never going to do it because there is only today. There is only this second. There is only right now. Give all the positive energy, all your love, all the attention you can to do what you want right now and your life is going to be great. Wally Amos interview