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The problems of today are here because of something in the past. Either something you did or didn't do, days or months or years ago. They are here, you have arrived. At some point, you started down a path that lead you here. Unwittingly maybe. You didn't choose the path purposefully nor did you realize what you would find along the way. But now you are here.
So you can look at that problem, hold it up in your mind, spin it around, imagine it.
And now imagine you can go back in time. Hypothetically, just for fun. What could you have done to prevent this problem?
It's difficult because you like to put problems on others. You don't want to own them. But just think for a moment – if you did have the ability to go back in time and prevent it – what could you have done?
Then you realize that you could have done something. So you must deal with it now, and try to prevent it in the future.
It's not about being "right" or "wrong" it's about being effective. The problem is here for you and everyone else. The idea is to look squarely at it now, today, in this moment.