Be at peace with myself

“Know your enemy…, for if you know your enemy, you need not fear”
- Sun Tzu, Art of War

I just got a book “Soul Diet 10 steps towards metaphysical health” by Y. Goldman which could help with this goal as well as a couple others.

The book cover reads “Dieting is not just for thebody. Shed your excess mind weight. Cut out spiritual junk food. Get rid of confusion… It;s time to restrict the intake of a million and one images and ideas. It’s time to clear the clutter so that you may actually evaluate which goals are good for you and how they affect those around you. It’s time to put your soul on a diet.”

I just got it last night but am liking what I have read so far.

It is so easy to beat yourself up about decisions and actions you have taken that “should have” been different.

I find this ghost of the “should-have” past difficult to overcome. I should have done this or should have done that, should have divorced sooner, should have done that instead, should have, should have, should have…

How to quell that ghost and be at peace with the fact that I have made choices and decisions and that everything I have done leads to where I am at this point? Am I unhappy with where I am right now? No. Not really. So why gnaw on the past like an old bone?

I can steer my course from this point on but I rail at myself sometimes for things I can not change. I know it is pointless but still haunts me.