I do relate. I am an immigrant and it took me 15 years to start feeling at home and feel I belong where I am now. Only then did I stop having intrusive feelings and thoughts about my past life. My past life was not unhappy or traumatic, but I knew it had come to an end, I had to move on. Finding closure took nearly as long as the length of my past life, the part of it I remember at least. So many places I knew and lived in or around do not exist any more. Many people I knew and valued have passed away or moved away and changed as much as I have. Now that I have made peace that the past is gone and have found a home and a community again I feel like I am living my second spring. I hope you will start to feel the spring in your heart soon, too, dear Anna ❤
I broke down in tears during your last words in the video. Deeply thankful for breaking that shell that had to become so thick to get through the day. Thanks for being relatable and giving me a lifeline to see the happiness in my now, a now, which more often than not seems unsurmountably draining and heartbreaking. There's still light in me and my life ❤
Another wonderful & beautiful video. I have learnt to declutter my past - I find getting older (64) it’s easier for me to forgive & forget the bad times lol ❤
This made me very emotional,everything you said is so true. I know I can't change the past, I know that but I wish I could. Since english is not my mother tongue it is a little hard to express what I want to say,but Ana I really appreciate you and your videos,thank you 💚
I'm sure you do😳 I sometimes wish to go back in time,back to my childhood.I have good memories but also some very painful ones that have still a big impact to my live and how I feel. I also answerd all the questions with yes,and this one question if I avoid people,situations and places from my past really hit me and made me think about why ,because at the same time I wish I could turn back time and go back to the places and times when I was happy.
Thank you, Ana. 💗 This was beautifully timed for me as today is Mother's Day in the US and I have been discarded by my only child. I have one other relative and no partner. I've been working hard on healing and moving forward but must confess this holiday is haunting me. My life has turned out so differently than I had hoped and I literally ache to see and hold my adult child. I am focusing on being a light in my community, engaging with nature, giving myself grace, breaking jobs down into steps, working with my thoughts, and keeping my heart open. I cannot control the choices of others. I send blessings and let go. Open hands, open heart. I often wish i could have a good visit with the people in this community. It would be lovely to sit in the garden and talk about deep things, or check out some art in the community. Sending love to you all.
You are not alone I have 4 adult children 2 are step children .I only hear from one child and only if she wants something . I was an only child.I had a happy childhood and when I got married I wanted a big family so I would always be surrounded by people that never happened.Having children was the biggest disappointment of my life. My husband and I try not to talk about it because it just makes us so sad. We should of just stuck with dogs and cats they never let us down
@@shirleyrankin-zf6nv I'm so sorry, Shirley. Sending hugs on this Mother's Day. There are (unfortunately), so many of us around the world. Please be kind to yourself and give those furbabies some extra cuddles.
Hello Ana. Great topic. I relate. When I think back of my past I feel regret and guilt. Making wrong decisions. I focused on the wrong things and people, instead of building a better foundation for the future. Nowadays I focus on my mental wellbeing and also on being thankful as I know that we should take nothing for granted. Life is fleeting. Thank you for giving me food for thought🙏
Hi Ana, a thoughtful and insightful post, as always! For me, the traumas and difficulties of the past are so deeply buried it's hard to identify them. Yet I do feel their presence every day and the impact they have on my present. What helps me is to focus on how well I've taken care of myself over the years and the skills I have learned that encourage personal growth and development. I can't say that I have much happiness and joy in my life, but I can say that my life continues to be unique and productive. When I feel especially down, frightened, or angry, I remind myself of the effort I make every day to be a good citizen. I can't imagine how difficult your past must have been, Ana, living through the fall of the Soviet empire, years of food shortages, and the rise of Putin. I have much respect and empathy for you.
Hi Ted! Oh, it's such a good practice - to remind yourself of all the care and skills you've given yourself. I will definitely focus on this more, thank you for the inspiration! And thank you for your kindness, understanding and support, as always, dear friend 🌿
Hi Ana and Brian. Nice photographs Brian. Belgrade is very beautiful. I do look back on the past but not generally with fondness. I haven’t had a lot of peace or easiness in my life, ever. I miss being more physically fit; not sick so much. But in many ways the life I have now is better for me. Slower, more comfortable, more peaceful. I have a few more doctor appointments looming and perhaps a small surgery. They want to create a fistula in my arm. They join an artery and vein, and put in a port, so they have a place ready when you get to the point of needing dialysis. I also got a new pet tag for my dog that has a scannable QR code so a person could look up all Archie’s data. Who his people are. My brother has agreed to pay fir transporting him to my chosen alternate in Tulsa, should something happen to me on the road. I’m starting to try to make end of life choices, which is hard, but necessary. Although I hope I have years yet and am starting a new exercise program to improve my strength. In the short term, I am starting to plan a summer trip up to Vancouver Island. Although I’m not going anywhere until this debt ceiling crisis has passed and I know we won’t be having a financial collapse. I’m thinking of possibly joining Skillshare. I want to see what the regular monthly cost is. I’m having to budget more carefully. Thanks so much for all you do Ana; you always come up with fun or thought provoking topics. Or both! Love to you and Brian.
I’m wishing you all the best. We all forget how short life really is. Enjoy your trip to Vancouver Island, I hope you’ll have a great time. Take care of yourself and enjoy every moment. Lots of love from Sydney ❤️🖖🇦🇺🌹
I dont know how many of you can relate .. but i repeatedly get a strong feeling that my past is the actual reality and that the present is perhaps something i m imagining .. like my soul or atleast parts of it is stuck in the past.. stuck especially to those moments in the past where i felt safe /happy/ peaceful.. its like my mind is stubbornly refusing to accept that the present ( which is so full of hurt ) is the actual real.. like part of my soul is still wandering around the school i attended.. coz that was a time of life when i thought i knew what i m doing.. and sometimes i feel intense pain and panic that i m unable to go back to that part of my life.. like i stumbled into a time machine which took me the present and now i cant find the door to go back to where i belong
Hello Ana! Thank you for another wonderful and thought provoking video. Sometimes the past feels like a leash that yanks me back when I get to happy in the here and now. It happens pretty regularly so I keep reminding myself that I have to let go of the idea that nothing I do today or in the future will change the past. I think many function that way, they think if they do enough, achieve enough and be more than enough to everyone always, the past will look and feel different. It just won’t. It’s hard to accept that. But somehow we have to so that we can keep moving.
Ana, thank you for such clarity. You have lasered in on my main struggles: continuous de-cluttering & being my own harshest critic. That should not be. Now I can give myself grace and let go of the non-essential.
Thank you for this beautiful video Ana! Since my Mom died 7 months ago I am still feeling very sad and lost, your posts are always such comfort and joy for me! Have a wonderful week!
I'm so sorry for your loss, my dear friend 💜 Grieving lasts more than we think. My mom passed 2 years ago, dad - 1.5 years ago, but it still hurts and it will hurt. Remember that you're not alone in this pain 🤗🌷 Wishing you a beautiful week too!
I am so sorry you lost your Mom. I think losing your Mom is very difficult, no matter your age. Keep her in your heart and take her with you on your journey through life.
I constantly reminisce in order to try to "fix" what has happened. If I keep thinking about it maybe I'll find a way to change it? Like a field, I plough my past over and over in my mind in the vain hope that something else will grow out of those thoughts, emotions & experiences. But it never does. Your suggestions were very helpful and I'll attempt some of the transformation exercises. It seems like I can't have a present unless I can fix the past. It's pretty fruitless and exhausting.
No one can fix their past, one has to learn, Cognitive Therapy maybe to not beat urself up, to know u did the best u could do at the time, forgive urself. We all suffer such I think, I believe there are antidotes, we have to have guidance to find them?
I always find your thoughtful videos encouraging. I am in the process of working to let go of a past that no longer serves me, and planning how i need things to be for my future. Thank you for these pointers.
I think as we get older , we think about our past as a child , teenager , and young adult . We go through tests you might say as to whether we make the right choices in our life . Nothing ever changes , we all go through it , our decendents will go through similar situations , I have noticed this in my own family . All I can say , enjoy life while you are young , try to do good and stay out of trouble . Bless all who try to make the best of what they have .
Dear Ana, Izvrstan video,kao i uvek. Moju prošlost nazivam prošli život i uglavnom mi služi da iz nje ponekad izvučem lepe uspomene,naročito kada mi je teško. Sećam se detinjstva ,kuće i svih dragih ljudi kojih više nema. Trudim se da se grešaka i pogrešnih izbora što manje sećam. Brajanu sve pohvale za snimanje.❤❤❤
I wish I could take your suggestion and turn bitter feelings of sorrow, pain and regret into something more compassionate. I know that forgiving is godlike but I feel deep inside that some mistakes are simply unforgivable because something too precious was at stake and has gone forever lost. I can't forgive, first of all myself. Loved your video, like all yours 🙏
Fortunately, I don't retain any trauma from my past. Maybe that's one of the reasons i'm so nostalgic, because I tend to idealize it. I don't think that's a bad thing, but it sometimes increases my non-depressive melancholy, a side effect.
Being one who lives in her head most of the time, I feel constantly trapped in my past, in that i feel guilty and harshly judge myself for committing mistakes that impaired and compromised my present and future. My journeys in time are generally very sad ones, something valuable went forever lost and I struggle to look at the bright side of even the most painful events of my life. Yes, I think self judgement and no forgiveness for neither mine nor others' faults and mistakes is what holds me back the most. Just like you I've learned to plan only in the short term and will try and live in the now and value the present moment best I can. Kissing my past goodbye while honouring it for its intrinsic value is something I'm definitely not so good at, still needs lots of practice for me. Thank you for the insightful video and great advices 🙏
Bonjour chère Ana ! I love everything in this video, everything !! Your valuable thoughts on that interesting topic, the filming, the winks (not sure it's the right word but I mean moments that make me smile or moments I find poetic such as the old french Citroën Dyane we so barely see in France and the little city bus full of hearts captured through the round shaped hole in the wall !) here and there and your beautiful art which has been captured... congratulations 😃 I used to be very nostalgic with my 7 to 9 year-old time because I was in a slow living town and I was so free with my childhood friend, we were so joyful and light ! Until quite recently I was constantly going back to this time with nostalgia and even sadness because the world often seems so harsh to my sensible being... but since I have created my family it has softened this feeling and I can look back to this time of my life with joy and feeling very rich within 😊 Thank you dear friend, warm hugs to you 💚✨️🌸
Dear Violaine, or, your words made me smile huge! You noticing these details... Thank you, dear friend 🌺 You've made such a great point that I haven't thought of - building your own family helps make peace with our nostalgia💜
I can understand what you are saying here, Ana. Actually I don‘t feel stuck in my past, and I don‘t relive it, because I did not like most of my past. At the moment, I feel somewhat stuck, however. It‘s more of a reaction to my present. I am overcoming challenges in order to create the life I truly desire, so I am experiencing these challenges right now, in the present. I affirm that I let go of the past. I tell myself that I am becoming the me I want to be. My focus is on reinvention of myself, and that is happening daily.
I've missed you, dear Ana. I can relate to a lot of these. Most recently, I am still healing from my best friend's suic1de about 14 months ago. Things are getting better in some ways. I have to try and think positive about the future and the possibility of what can be created or I will feel too sad and stuck. I always appreciate your videos. Your calming voice and grounded perspective feels like a caring friend. I wish you healing from your past and liberation in the future
Beautiful and insightful video, Ana. I can relate to the whole bittersweet relationship with the past. The choices I have made and how they could have been better, what I would say and do now if I had a chance to start over... It's true that the present is where everything is healed. Thank you for reminding us of this, Ana! 🌺🌼💕
I just loved the outside exploring...beautiful images and places...and certainly I loved your thoughts about decluttering the past...sometimes it's hard to let all go... Cheers from Brazil!.
Sometimes i ask myself: How did it happen to get from my past to my present? Why is it not possible to return and take the other road? What kind of a world is this, where everything ads up to one single line from then to now?
Thank you for this video Ana . My fantasy is to someday leave my past behind by moving to a different city,and leaving no forwarding address and changing my number. I really would like to just disappear and leave everyone behind.start fresh somewhere else
It doesn't have to be a fantasy. Are you running from something or running to something, both for me. Depending on ur situation AND monies AND health it can be done.
You are an exquisite aesthéte but I feel you don't want or yoy can't realize that. I find your videos marvels of beauty. Try stop ignoring the wonderful things you are currently doing. Past doesn't exist. I lost my couple in 2022. Whatever I could do, he will never be back again. This obliges me to go ahead for good or for bad. When I see your videos I feel intense feelings of beauty and harmony. Try to inmerse youself in the beauty of the thimgs yo create for the rest. For the good or the evil past is gone so we have to learn this as one of the essentials of existence. I would love to have your creativity to.improve the quality of my own life, but i don't have it and I must try to go further ahead within my own limits the best I could.
Анастасия, здравствуйте! Я прошу прощения, что по-русски и что вопрос у меня очень отвлеченный, совершенно не по теме видео. У вас очень много красивых видов Белграда, очень приятно смотреть 😊 скажите пожалуйста, много ли в городе бездомных животных? Особенно интересует вопрос о собаках Еще раз прошу прощения, что так интересуюсь, но совершенно не у кого спросить(
Екатерина, здравствуйте! Ну что вы, я всегда так радуюсь, когда получаю комментарии по-русски 😊 Бездомные животные в Белграде есть, но крайне мало и они все такие холеные, упитанные, добрые! Тут невероятно трепетно относятся к животным. У нас во дворе две кошки живут - так их кормит и лелеет весь дом)) И собаки есть тоже - очень безобидные, степенные. И их очень-очень мало. Надеюсь, помогла вам!
Thank you. As always thought provoking and helpful. By the way I notice that your accent has changed some. You being together with Brian now, must be what affects it.
I do relate. I am an immigrant and it took me 15 years to start feeling at home and feel I belong where I am now. Only then did I stop having intrusive feelings and thoughts about my past life. My past life was not unhappy or traumatic, but I knew it had come to an end, I had to move on. Finding closure took nearly as long as the length of my past life, the part of it I remember at least. So many places I knew and lived in or around do not exist any more. Many people I knew and valued have passed away or moved away and changed as much as I have. Now that I have made peace that the past is gone and have found a home and a community again I feel like I am living my second spring. I hope you will start to feel the spring in your heart soon, too, dear Anna ❤
What a lovely and thoughtful comment. I’m happy to know you are in your second Spring. It’s truly encouraging.
"Our present will inevitably become our past, so let's make it beautiful." Thank you, Ana!
We are never the same after losing loved ones
I broke down in tears during your last words in the video. Deeply thankful for breaking that shell that had to become so thick to get through the day. Thanks for being relatable and giving me a lifeline to see the happiness in my now, a now, which more often than not seems unsurmountably draining and heartbreaking. There's still light in me and my life ❤
I'm so glad the video gave you comfort, dear Elisa. Much love 💙
I was feeling a bit down and thought " oh I wish Ana would post today" and here we are. Thank you, always ❤
Aww, I hope the video brought you some comfort, my friend! 💙
Another wonderful & beautiful video. I have learnt to declutter my past - I find getting older (64) it’s easier for me to forgive & forget the bad times lol ❤
This made me very emotional,everything you said is so true.
I know I can't change the past, I know that but I wish I could.
Since english is not my mother tongue it is a little hard to express what I want to say,but Ana I really appreciate you and your videos,thank you 💚
I feel you, my friend ❤️🤗
I'm sure you do😳 I sometimes wish to go back in time,back to my childhood.I have good memories but also some very painful ones that have still a big impact to my live and how I feel.
I also answerd all the questions with yes,and this one question if I avoid people,situations and places from my past really hit me and made me think about why ,because at the same time I wish I could turn back time and go back to the places and times when I was happy.
Thank you, Ana. 💗
This was beautifully timed for me as today is Mother's Day in the US and I have been discarded by my only child. I have one other relative and no partner. I've been working hard on healing and moving forward but must confess this holiday is haunting me. My life has turned out so differently than I had hoped and I literally ache to see and hold my adult child.
I am focusing on being a light in my community, engaging with nature, giving myself grace, breaking jobs down into steps, working with my thoughts, and keeping my heart open. I cannot control the choices of others. I send blessings and let go. Open hands, open heart.
I often wish i could have a good visit with the people in this community. It would be lovely to sit in the garden and talk about deep things, or check out some art in the community. Sending love to you all.
You are not alone I have 4 adult children 2 are step children .I only hear from one child and only if she wants something . I was an only child.I had a happy childhood and when I got married I wanted a big family so I would always be surrounded by people that never happened.Having children was the biggest disappointment of my life. My husband and I try not to talk about it because it just makes us so sad. We should of just stuck with dogs and cats they never let us down
@@shirleyrankin-zf6nv I'm so sorry, Shirley. Sending hugs on this Mother's Day. There are (unfortunately), so many of us around the world. Please be kind to yourself and give those furbabies some extra cuddles.
@@ej3606 ❤️
@@shirleyrankin-zf6nv ❤️🐈⬛🐕🦺
I'm so sorry you have to go through this, my friend... Sending lots of love and support ❤️
Forgiveness is a must. When you forgive yourself and others (living or not) you can be healed and become whole.
So true, yet, until the person knows HOW, those are only words.
I can't agree more, dear Kami ❤️ Forgiveness is a magic healer...
Hello Ana. Great topic. I relate. When I think back of my past I feel regret and guilt. Making wrong decisions. I focused on the wrong things and people, instead of building a better foundation for the future. Nowadays I focus on my mental wellbeing and also on being thankful as I know that we should take nothing for granted. Life is fleeting. Thank you for giving me food for thought🙏
Thank you for sharing this, Anita 🌷
Hi Ana, a thoughtful and insightful post, as always! For me, the traumas and difficulties of the past are so deeply buried it's hard to identify them. Yet I do feel their presence every day and the impact they have on my present. What helps me is to focus on how well I've taken care of myself over the years and the skills I have learned that encourage personal growth and development. I can't say that I have much happiness and joy in my life, but I can say that my life continues to be unique and productive. When I feel especially down, frightened, or angry, I remind myself of the effort I make every day to be a good citizen. I can't imagine how difficult your past must have been, Ana, living through the fall of the Soviet empire, years of food shortages, and the rise of Putin. I have much respect and empathy for you.
And escaping Russia not long ago, traveling to find "home" in other Countries.
Hi Ted! Oh, it's such a good practice - to remind yourself of all the care and skills you've given yourself. I will definitely focus on this more, thank you for the inspiration! And thank you for your kindness, understanding and support, as always, dear friend 🌿
Hi Ana and Brian. Nice photographs Brian. Belgrade is very beautiful.
I do look back on the past but not generally with fondness. I haven’t had a lot of peace or easiness in my life, ever. I miss being more physically fit; not sick so much. But in many ways the life I have now is better for me. Slower, more comfortable, more peaceful.
I have a few more doctor appointments looming and perhaps a small surgery. They want to create a fistula in my arm. They join an artery and vein, and put in a port, so they have a place ready when you get to the point of needing dialysis.
I also got a new pet tag for my dog that has a scannable QR code so a person could look up all Archie’s data. Who his people are. My brother has agreed to pay fir transporting him to my chosen alternate in Tulsa, should something happen to me on the road. I’m starting to try to make end of life choices, which is hard, but necessary. Although I hope I have years yet and am starting a new exercise program to improve my strength.
In the short term, I am starting to plan a summer trip up to Vancouver Island. Although I’m not going anywhere until this debt ceiling crisis has passed and I know we won’t be having a financial collapse.
I’m thinking of possibly joining Skillshare. I want to see what the regular monthly cost is. I’m having to budget more carefully.
Thanks so much for all you do Ana; you always come up with fun or thought provoking topics. Or both!
Love to you and Brian.
I’m wishing you all the best. We all forget how short life really is. Enjoy your trip to Vancouver Island, I hope you’ll have a great time. Take care of yourself and enjoy every moment. Lots of love from Sydney ❤️🖖🇦🇺🌹
Wishing you all the best with your plans, dear Ginger! Much love 💙
I dont know how many of you can relate .. but i repeatedly get a strong feeling that my past is the actual reality and that the present is perhaps something i m imagining .. like my soul or atleast parts of it is stuck in the past.. stuck especially to those moments in the past where i felt safe /happy/ peaceful.. its like my mind is stubbornly refusing to accept that the present ( which is so full of hurt ) is the actual real.. like part of my soul is still wandering around the school i attended.. coz that was a time of life when i thought i knew what i m doing.. and sometimes i feel intense pain and panic that i m unable to go back to that part of my life.. like i stumbled into a time machine which took me the present and now i cant find the door to go back to where i belong
Hello Ana! Thank you for another wonderful and thought provoking video. Sometimes the past feels like a leash that yanks me back when I get to happy in the here and now. It happens pretty regularly so I keep reminding myself that I have to let go of the idea that nothing I do today or in the future will change the past. I think many function that way, they think if they do enough, achieve enough and be more than enough to everyone always, the past will look and feel different. It just won’t. It’s hard to accept that. But somehow we have to so that we can keep moving.
Ugh, yes, it's hard to accept, but as you said - there's no other way but forward. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, my friend ❤️
Ana, thank you for such clarity. You have lasered in on my main struggles: continuous de-cluttering & being my own harshest critic. That should not be. Now I can give myself grace and let go of the non-essential.
Thank you for this beautiful video Ana! Since my Mom died 7 months ago I am still feeling very sad and lost, your posts are always such comfort and joy for me! Have a wonderful week!
I'm so sorry for your loss, my dear friend 💜 Grieving lasts more than we think. My mom passed 2 years ago, dad - 1.5 years ago, but it still hurts and it will hurt. Remember that you're not alone in this pain 🤗🌷 Wishing you a beautiful week too!
I am so sorry you lost your Mom. I think losing your Mom is very difficult, no matter your age. Keep her in your heart and take her with you on your journey through life.
I constantly reminisce in order to try to "fix" what has happened. If I keep thinking about it maybe I'll find a way to change it? Like a field, I plough my past over and over in my mind in the vain hope that something else will grow out of those thoughts, emotions & experiences. But it never does.
Your suggestions were very helpful and I'll attempt some of the transformation exercises.
It seems like I can't have a present unless I can fix the past.
It's pretty fruitless and exhausting.
No one can fix their past, one has to learn, Cognitive Therapy maybe to not beat urself up, to know u did the best u could do at the time, forgive urself. We all suffer such I think, I believe there are antidotes, we have to have guidance to find them?
You are a light. 🌞
I always find your thoughtful videos encouraging. I am in the process of working to let go of a past that no longer serves me, and planning how i need things to be for my future. Thank you for these pointers.
I think as we get older , we think about our past as a child , teenager , and young adult . We go through tests you might say as to whether we make the right choices in our life . Nothing ever changes , we all go through it , our decendents will go through similar situations , I have noticed this in my own family . All I can say , enjoy life while you are young , try to do good and stay out of trouble . Bless all who try to make the best of what they have .
This is the best advice, Linda 🤗💜
@@anagoldberg Thank you , life is a gift from God , cherish it , I do .
Dear Ana,
Izvrstan video,kao i uvek.
Moju prošlost nazivam prošli život i uglavnom mi služi da iz nje ponekad izvučem lepe uspomene,naročito kada mi je teško.
Sećam se detinjstva ,kuće i svih dragih ljudi kojih više nema.
Trudim se da se grešaka i pogrešnih izbora što manje sećam.
Brajanu sve pohvale za snimanje.❤❤❤
Thank you so much for sharing this, dear Nena 💜 Lots of love to you!
I wish I could take your suggestion and turn bitter feelings of sorrow, pain and regret into something more compassionate. I know that forgiving is godlike but I feel deep inside that some mistakes are simply unforgivable because something too precious was at stake and has gone forever lost. I can't forgive, first of all myself. Loved your video, like all yours 🙏
Fortunately, I don't retain any trauma from my past.
Maybe that's one of the reasons i'm so nostalgic, because I tend to idealize it.
I don't think that's a bad thing, but it sometimes increases my non-depressive melancholy, a side effect.
Being one who lives in her head most of the time, I feel constantly trapped in my past, in that i feel guilty and harshly judge myself for committing mistakes that impaired and compromised my present and future. My journeys in time are generally very sad ones, something valuable went forever lost and I struggle to look at the bright side of even the most painful events of my life. Yes, I think self judgement and no forgiveness for neither mine nor others' faults and mistakes is what holds me back the most. Just like you I've learned to plan only in the short term and will try and live in the now and value the present moment best I can. Kissing my past goodbye while honouring it for its intrinsic value is something I'm definitely not so good at, still needs lots of practice for me. Thank you for the insightful video and great advices 🙏
I can relate to many things that you've said here, Anna. Thank you so much for sharing 💙 Sending love!
Bonjour chère Ana ! I love everything in this video, everything !! Your valuable thoughts on that interesting topic, the filming, the winks (not sure it's the right word but I mean moments that make me smile or moments I find poetic such as the old french Citroën Dyane we so barely see in France and the little city bus full of hearts captured through the round shaped hole in the wall !) here and there and your beautiful art which has been captured... congratulations 😃 I used to be very nostalgic with my 7 to 9 year-old time because I was in a slow living town and I was so free with my childhood friend, we were so joyful and light ! Until quite recently I was constantly going back to this time with nostalgia and even sadness because the world often seems so harsh to my sensible being... but since I have created my family it has softened this feeling and I can look back to this time of my life with joy and feeling very rich within 😊 Thank you dear friend, warm hugs to you 💚✨️🌸
Dear Violaine, or, your words made me smile huge! You noticing these details... Thank you, dear friend 🌺 You've made such a great point that I haven't thought of - building your own family helps make peace with our nostalgia💜
Another great video Ana. Hope u have a great week
Thank you so much, Liam 🌺 The week is good! Wishing you a beautiful Sunday night.
You bring me calm. Thank you, Ana. (:
I can understand what you are saying here, Ana. Actually I don‘t feel stuck in my past, and I don‘t relive it, because I did not like most of my past. At the moment, I feel somewhat stuck, however. It‘s more of a reaction to my present. I am overcoming challenges in order to create the life I truly desire, so I am experiencing these challenges right now, in the present. I affirm that I let go of the past. I tell myself that I am becoming the me I want to be. My focus is on reinvention of myself, and that is happening daily.
How calming and reassuring! I love your videos Ana x
Beautifully said. Beautifully filmed. xx
Lovely to see you have a good week ahead 🙏💐❤️
Thank you, Sharon! Wishing you a beautiful week, too 🌸
you could be the modern Marcus Aurelius...
Thank you, Ana ❤️
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This was beautifully done!
Thank you Ana for your thoughtful video 🙏🥰
Thankyou dear Ana ❤
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I've missed you, dear Ana. I can relate to a lot of these. Most recently, I am still healing from my best friend's suic1de about 14 months ago. Things are getting better in some ways. I have to try and think positive about the future and the possibility of what can be created or I will feel too sad and stuck. I always appreciate your videos. Your calming voice and grounded perspective feels like a caring friend. I wish you healing from your past and liberation in the future
I'm so sorry for your loss, my friend. Hope time is healing. Thank you for your kind words ❤️
@@anagoldberg Thank you so much. Your videos have helped me a lot.
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Thank you, this was lovely.
Beautiful and insightful video, Ana. I can relate to the whole bittersweet relationship with the past. The choices I have made and how they could have been better, what I would say and do now if I had a chance to start over... It's true that the present is where everything is healed. Thank you for reminding us of this, Ana! 🌺🌼💕
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I just loved the outside exploring...beautiful images and places...and certainly I loved your thoughts about decluttering the past...sometimes it's hard to let all go... Cheers from Brazil!.
Sometimes i ask myself: How did it happen to get from my past to my present? Why is it not possible to return and take the other road? What kind of a world is this, where everything ads up to one single line from then to now?
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Thank you for this video Ana . My fantasy is to someday leave my past behind by moving to a different city,and leaving no forwarding address and changing my number. I really would like to just disappear and leave everyone behind.start fresh somewhere else
It doesn't have to be a fantasy. Are you running from something or running to something, both for me. Depending on ur situation AND monies AND health it can be done.
It will be done someday but a lot of things have to fall into place first
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You are an exquisite aesthéte but I feel you don't want or yoy can't realize that. I find your videos marvels of beauty. Try stop ignoring the wonderful things you are currently doing. Past doesn't exist. I lost my couple in 2022. Whatever I could do, he will never be back again. This obliges me to go ahead for good or for bad. When I see your videos I feel intense feelings of beauty and harmony. Try to inmerse youself in the beauty of the thimgs yo create for the rest. For the good or the evil past is gone so we have to learn this as one of the essentials of existence. I would love to have your creativity to.improve the quality of my own life, but i don't have it and I must try to go further ahead within my own limits the best I could.
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Анастасия, здравствуйте! Я прошу прощения, что по-русски и что вопрос у меня очень отвлеченный, совершенно не по теме видео. У вас очень много красивых видов Белграда, очень приятно смотреть 😊 скажите пожалуйста, много ли в городе бездомных животных? Особенно интересует вопрос о собаках
Еще раз прошу прощения, что так интересуюсь, но совершенно не у кого спросить(
Екатерина, здравствуйте! Ну что вы, я всегда так радуюсь, когда получаю комментарии по-русски 😊 Бездомные животные в Белграде есть, но крайне мало и они все такие холеные, упитанные, добрые! Тут невероятно трепетно относятся к животным. У нас во дворе две кошки живут - так их кормит и лелеет весь дом)) И собаки есть тоже - очень безобидные, степенные. И их очень-очень мало. Надеюсь, помогла вам!
@@anagoldberg спасибо огромное за ответ! Он действительно очень полезен 😊
Thank you. As always thought provoking and helpful.
By the way I notice that your accent has changed some. You being together with Brian now, must be what affects it.
Oh, I haven't even noticed it! Haha, probably it's indeed because of Brian's influence 😊
Thank you, Ana! I would love a more in depth video on this subject from you, its rarely talked about but it affects so many of us x
I'm so glad the video resonated with you, my friend 💜
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