Cleanse

I wanted to write a follow-up entry to my last post about Anticancer, but the words are not flowing yet... 

So I take a break, take a deep breath, and changed directions.  I decide to clean out my old room in the basement, starting with the boxes marked Earlham College, 2002-2006.

Going through my college stuff brings back many memories.  Class notes, programs from performances in Dance Alloy and The Vagina Monologues, emails / letters from friends, lovers, enemies...  I could spent hours down here!

But, instead, I decide to let go.

As I toss old calculus exams and term papers in the recycle bin, I ask myself: why didn't I throw these away four years ago?  If I need to reference anything in the future, I can surely look up online, right?  And don't get me started on the emails /letters full of drama.  I shake my head.

Aside from a few, select items, I pitch everything.

It feels good to let go.

I am grateful for everything has happened in my life, all of the experiences.  I don't want to forget, but I also don't want to be held down or boxed-in by my past.  Everyday, I am a new person, a better person than the day before.  Always growing, ever changing, and forever trying to make the world a better place.