By Pearson Mbendera
I was going through files on my computer, trying to find which ones I should delete to make room for new ones. Despite having a 500gig hard drive, I found myself short of memory which probably made me wonder, what’s in my computer and do I really need all these files. I found out that I had some memory consuming files that I actually didn’t need but haven’t deleted but still, I found it hard to delete them. I kept thinking to myself, I just might need them some other day. In all honesty, these files, because I don’t need them anymore, at least temporarily are junk in my computer that I have been holding onto for quite some time now. And it is time to clean up.
Truth is my computer is like most people’s lives. They have so much junk in them and still can’t find space for new and important things. It’s always good to keep hold of things that remind you of the past, but if these things keep you from moving to a better future, then they are not worthy keeping.
Opportunities come, but sometimes, we cannot make the best of them because we don’t have space for them in our lives, because all the space is taken by unimportant stuff. The ability to let go of useless junk is a gift that we all need to possess.
This junk comes in different forms, maybe they are relationships that are not doing us any good that we need to let go off, maybe it’s a dream that won’t come true, but we are still clutching strong to it, maybe it’s a grudge we have with someone who has long since moved on, but we haven’t and it’s holding us back.
It doesn’t mean we are forgetting what we had before, but we are just recognizing that they can’t help us anymore and we need to move on. There is no need to try to squeeze things together so that they may fit when they are not working well together. It’s not all about having it all in life; it’s about having what you want. So instead of focusing on what you can acquire, focus your attention on what you need and want. Only then will you have a clearer picture of what’s worth having in your life.
Just imagine all the things you can have once you are free from all the negative stuff that’s holding you back. Just imagine how fresh you would feel after you have cleaned up. That’s the same feeling you will get when you have made some necessary changes in your life.
After I had cleaned up my computer and deleted some files, it started to work better than it did before. It now has better speed not to mention all the space for the new files that I can acquire and store in my computer now.
Assess your life today and find out what pieces of junk you have been hanging on to. Today is the day you carry out a cleaning exercise. Free yourself from all the junk and burden that is holding you back. Make room for better things. It would be a shame to realise that, we are subconsciously sabotaging ourselves by not letting go of the past.
Christopher Columbus once said, “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” That’s the same principle at work here, to get the new things, get rid of the old ones first.
Moving on is not a bad thing. It won’t undo the good that was done from before; all it does is enabling you to reach out to the better things that are ahead of you. So before you might even think of making the next step in your life, make sure you are freed of all the junk in your life. Only then can you launch a successful bid towards achieving your goals, which you will be able to handle now that there is enough room in your life.
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