During these days of celebrating Christmas I received several gifts. The new gifts I received were very nice, quality items. Items that are needed and also of value. Items that will make great replacements for the old items that I have held onto for quite some time.
Recently I have been going through many of my old personal belongings. Over the last several years many of my belongings have accumulated in a garage and also in a storage unit. Old pictures, furniture, mail, knick knacks and clothes.
In facing the accumulation of all of these items I am faced with the need to make choices about what I will do with them. Do I keep them? Do I give them away, or throw them away? I need to evaluate and determine what items have any current value. And which ones, if any, I still need?
Dealing with my personal belongings is symbolically significant in that they represent my old memories, emotions and beliefs. There are piles of unresolved memories and emotions taking up storage space in my mind and soul.
Just like my old belongings; if I have not processed my old memories, emotions and experiences, if I have not done something with them, then they are still present. They still exist somewhere and are taking up space. Something needs to be done with them.
Unprocessed guilt, anger, sadness and grief are some of the many forms of our internal baggage. It will benefit us, and others, if we will recognize, face and deal with these things from our past.
Ignoring the large, needless accumulation of my personal belongings has not stopped the accumulation from occurring. Putting items in an unseen location, like a storage unit, has only delayed the inevitable.
This is equally true of our unresolved, stored memories and emotions. It would be both wise and beneficial for us to face, and process, our internal storage of these things. To take a look at what memories, emotions and beliefs are still sitting in a pile, undealt with and taking up valuable space within us.
Within most of us there is an overaccumulation of unresolved memories and emotions in our mind and soul. To be mentally and emotionally healthy we need to do something with what has been internally accumulated.
We must recognize these things, then bravely face and process these experiences and memories. By doing this we can create much needed room for new, quality, and valuable relationships, memories and experiences.
Much of our unresolved internal storage, that needs to be processed, is found in our recurring memories of hurts, offenses and trauma. The reason they are recurring is because the inner you knows that they need to be evaluated and processed.
The inner you is letting the conscious you know that your storage is getting full, and it’s unhealthy. Yet, we often throw these memories back onto our storage pile because we hate the old pain, emotions and fear that it stirs within us. It can create fear within us just to imagine processing some of our memories. So, in fear, we throw the memories back in the storage, leaving them unresolved.
Many of us fight to resolve many memories by saying we don’t care, or “it’s in the past”. And we attempt to put them out of our memory. But anything that still has unresolved pain, fear, or derivatives of these is not, and cannot, be resolved.
These will remain stored within us until there is a resolution to the pain and fears. Each pain and each fear, that individual memories and experiences have created within us, needs to be resolved. And it can only truly be resolved, or extinguished, with forgiveness and love.
In processing your memories, emotions and experiences I would recommend processing them by viewing each one through forgiveness and love. Take the memories and experiences and hold them up to the light of love. Offer forgiveness and love to yourself, to others and even to God, in each memory.
Sorting through and processing the accumulation of old belongings, or memories, can seem overwhelming. And it is, if we don’t know what to do. But if we use wisdom, and determine that our goal is to get rid of the old, useless and unhealthy things, then it makes the processing manageable.
Even our electronic devices become full of storage. Like our lives, our electronic devices cannot take new photos, videos, or function optimally when too many unprocessed and useless items remain. We need to process and clean out our internal storage to experience new memories and new life. Do this so you can fully, and optimally, live again.
Determine to resolve your old memories and emotions with forgiveness and love. As you do, it will create more valuable space within your soul to have new, quality and valuable experiences and emotions in your life.
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