Are
You Taking Out the Trash?
by Susan Russo
 "Think
about any attachments that are depleting your
emotional reserves.Consider letting them go." -
Oprah Winfrey
Each week on some designated
day it's time to take out the trash. You gather
it all up, leave it on the curb and viola, it's
gone. Can you imagine if the garbage collectors
went on strike for a month or more having all
the garbage sitting around? Not only does it pile
up with no room for anything else, the stench
would be a bit overwhelming to say the least.
Well, it's the same with your
emotional trash. The only difference is we don't
get rid of it on a daily, weekly or even monthly
basis. Instead we carry it around with us sometimes
for years!
Carrying around all of that
old garbage usually results in either bitterness,
fear, anger, jealousy, revenge, hurt and a lot
of other rotten emotions that can eat away at
your very core.
You've heard of having a monkey
on your back, well this is more like walking around
with a dumpster on your back! There isn't one
good thing that comes from holding onto old emotional
trash except to learn the lessons and throw the
rest away.
We all deal with adversities
in life. People can hurt you, they can leave you
for someone else, they can lie to you, divorce
you, betray you, stab you in the back at work,
steal from you, beat you, demean you and all of
the other garbage that life sometimes throws at
you.
But, it's up to you to decide
whether you are going to hold onto the stench
of past bad memories or pick up the pieces, clear
out the junk and move on.
So how do you dump your emotional
trash and clean out your mental landfill?
You
gather it all together, look at what is causing
so much mental clutter and smelling up your mind
with rotten emotions i.e. the hurt, regrets, worry,
etc. Then decide it's time to rid yourself of
all the past garbage that doesn't serve you and
get rid of all the stuff you have no more use
for anymore.
It's time to designate a mental
garbage day for yourself and throw out the trash
once and for all. Holding onto the past and dwelling
on things that make you feel bad will never do
you any good. It will only drag you down and cause
you to miss out on really enjoying life.
What's
done is done. It's over, kaput, finito, it's behind
you. So stop trying to drag it into your future
by not letting it go. Leave it where it is and
move on.
There isn't anything you can
do to change what happened. But you can change
whether or not you are going to carry all of the
garbage into each day and let it sour your outlook.
When you decide to clear your
mind of the past you will open your heart to a
whole new outlook and have room for the goodness
that is being pushed aside because you're too
busy moving around the garbage.
So, dump the junk and free
yourself to live with a clear mind, an open heart
and breathe in the fresh air that comes along
with getting rid of the old and making room for
the new!
Warm wishes…Susan
| Susan
Russo is President of Pinnacle
Thought, Inc., a publisher for books
and resources which provide inspiration, self-empowerment
and the tools and strategies to help you toward
personal success and fulfillment. She has written
one of the top breakup books on the market. Her
direct approach is a wake up call for anyone who
is stuck in the letting go process. How would
you like to move beyond the pain and start to
feel like a human again? Find out how by visiting There
Is Life After What's-His-Name. |
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