You may be in a reflective mood and have a desire to ponder the ways your childhood experiences have affected your life today.  You may be working through blockages caused by past trauma or trying to overcome  prior conditioning that resulted in limiting beliefs.  With the right focus, you can release yourself from the bonds of your past while still honoring the positive effects they've had on you.  One good way to do this is to make a list of the more difficult experiences you've had in the past.  Then take a few moments to review this list and identify a positive quality from each experience.  When you honor the lessons for their contributions to your life, you will free yourself from negativity and enhance your positive focus today. Acknowledging the positive benefits of our painful experiences allows us to embrace  the lessons they offer while freeing ourselves from the bonds of trauma.  Rather than allowing our memories of pain to paralyze our emotions, we can choose  to recognize the ways these experiences have contributed to who we are.  By doing so, we are able to lift our consciousness above the pain and see ourselves as divine spirits that are unable to be truly harmed.  This helps free us from the memories of pain and allows us to feel stronger and more  in control of creating better life circumstances in the future.  With a small shift in focus, you can begin to see your past experiences as nothing more  than valuable lessons that made you who you are today.   Om