i spend considerable time and thoughts on observing the patterns in my life. i firmly believe that no one teaches you better than your own past, if only you care enough to observe it well. if you take a time period in your life, and flashback to it, you will find that more often than not, there were clues spread all around which you could have picked up to shape a better future. it's almost like life is a puzzle with generous clues spread all around - and it's on us how well we can find them to keep shaping a better present/tomorrow for ourselves. this is very different from simply dwelling in one's past and getting stuck in it - what i mean is that like you go back to your archives in your accounts to know your finances and the amounts you spend to be able to plan your future spendings, it hugely, gravely helps and affects the outcome if you'd spend some time looking at your life's archives every once in a while. in fact this is a much better substitute than reading self help books off the shelf - getting inspired is one thing, but you cannot possibly lead your life reading someone else's experiences of life. one's future, unless one is in a fairy tale, is largely dependant on the choices one has made in one's past - be them in career, living, love, friends or beliefs. there is also significant scientific reason behind observing one's life and reading patterns - it is linked to intuition, which is said to get better the more you learn to read your own life patterns. especially go back to join the points which made no sense or poor sense in the past
- you'll find why things happened and what purpose they achieved having happened the way they did. in my own life until now, i've seen this distinct 4-5 year pattern where i can reflect back and find total meaning in why something happened in a certain way all that time back and what consequence it resulted into in my present. it astonishingly makes total sense - even if it didn't back then! whether the outcome was to my liking or not, the learning is invaluable, always helping me make better choices in the future, always keeping my faith alive. it's like knowing the
reasons of why something happened in a certain way (be them good or bad to one's liking) - it leaves you at rest, in peace, and with a better sense to guide your own life in its present or future.