An introspective mood can strike today, prompting you to look for opportunities to pass the time lost in your thoughts. You may feel driven to examine your family history in order to compare and contrast your life with the lives of your relatives and ancestors. This journey into your heritage and personal history can make you feel insightful and tolerant. You may find yourself forgiving those family members who have wronged you in the past, or investigating in a nonjudgmental way the many trials faced by your distant predecessors. The compassion you feel today for these individuals who have had such a strong impact on your life can open your eyes to certain aspects of yourself that had previously eluded you.

The greater our understanding of the rigors which our ancestors and relatives have faced, the better equipped we are to regard them with sincere compassion when we consider the manner in which their lives later unfolded. Because we do not look upon them judgmentally, we can draw wisdom from their experiences, using their travails and triumphs as guideposts when making our own life-altering decisions. Whether our predecessors made mistakes or happened upon prosperity, the sympathy we feel for them allows us to learn from the choices they made. When we then apply the wisdom we thus gain to our own lives, we see that our experiences are in many ways a true product of our heritage. As you contemplate the significance of your personal and family histories today, you will uncover a great deal of insight in your introspection.