Humans are born sentimental beings. We tend to keep so much mementos in our house which hold dear to us, and always giving ourselves 101 reasons why we should not throw them away. So much so that there comes a point of time when we realize we have no more space in the house to fit in new stuff, and start scattering things on any available space on the ground. Consequently, we start tripping over or knocking into stuff which have been strewn all around the house, and that's when we move our lazy bum to embark on the difficult journey to clean up and throw away unnecessary things.
This is exactly the same scenario which is happening right at this moment to some of our lives. There comes a point of time in our life where we find ourselves wanting to embark on the journey to move on to the next phase. And that's when we start opening our emotional drawers and realize how much old memories we still keep with us, and that the drawers are so full we have no space to fit in new memories. We start to scatter them all over any available space in our mind, and as the day passes, we find it increasingly harder to hold on to them as they held no permanent position in our hearts and minds. We start tripping over those new memories, and constantly falling back into the old and maybe unnecessary ones. This forms a vicious cycle where we will never be able to entirely move on due to having too much old baggage which we carries with us.
While it's true that memories are part of what made us who we are today, there should still be some form of "life cleansing" process to remove those unhealthy memories which weighs us down. This is not an easy process, but it is something all of us should at least go through a few times in our lives, especially when passing through major milestones to move on to the next phase.
Having gone through a minor "life cleansing" process myself recently, I can say it makes me feel a lot lighter (not on the weighing scale though). More work needs to be done to continue this cleansing, before I embark on the next ship to start my new journey. It's going to be tough, but I know the results will be rewarding. I will only bring new adventures and joy to the one whom I'm going to share my journey with. Those old and unpleasant baggage will just have to be thrown out of my emotional drawers, so that new mementos can fit in, and be etched in us for as long as our journey sails......
