The Fountain of Youth
Recently, I was cleaning out and organizing a closet that had had stuff just tossed into it in order to put stuff somewhere out of the way when we first moved here. I came across dishevelment and chaos. While unpacking from our move out of the metropolis of Dallas-Ft. Worth, I was so busy with the cosmetics of my surroundings that I ignored the arrangement of items and quickly stashed away them away out of sight for the sake of appearance of the room to which the closet was part. In doing so, I had a lovely guest bedroom but a closet whose contents would spill out upon the unsuspecting guest should they choose to open the closet door.
It occurred to me while rearranging objects from the closet and discarding unneeded items how I need to do the same thing with my mind at times. I am somewhat careful, given the fact that I have never been much into cosmetics, about my appearance in that I attend to my cleanliness and general overall presentation. However, I perhaps could do likewise with my mind. Review ideas that I have stashed there on my "hard drive" from so long ago that I can't remember where they came from. In so reviewing, I will probably run across many that need to be discarded; they have outlived their usefulness and their "truth" for me. In fact, mind cleanup should be a daily exercise I perform just like I make the bed or take a shower. It would do me well to take an inventory daily to clean up my "disk space".
If I do indeed regularly review, organize, and clean out my mind, then when I open my mouth perhaps nonsense and gibberish from long ago held mindsets will not spill out on an unsuspecting listener, much like the guest opening the closet door and having all manner of stuff dumped upon him/her. But the primary benefactor of such a practice will be me. I will then be more open and willing to learn and accept new ideas as they are presented to me from various sources. Furthermore, I will be presented with numerous opportunities for growth. Just as I discard old, dead cells of the epidermis, I can shed old, outdated ideas.
Perhaps, this practice is the way to the fountain of youth, for should I cease to grow, I am indeed old.
It occurred to me while rearranging objects from the closet and discarding unneeded items how I need to do the same thing with my mind at times. I am somewhat careful, given the fact that I have never been much into cosmetics, about my appearance in that I attend to my cleanliness and general overall presentation. However, I perhaps could do likewise with my mind. Review ideas that I have stashed there on my "hard drive" from so long ago that I can't remember where they came from. In so reviewing, I will probably run across many that need to be discarded; they have outlived their usefulness and their "truth" for me. In fact, mind cleanup should be a daily exercise I perform just like I make the bed or take a shower. It would do me well to take an inventory daily to clean up my "disk space".
If I do indeed regularly review, organize, and clean out my mind, then when I open my mouth perhaps nonsense and gibberish from long ago held mindsets will not spill out on an unsuspecting listener, much like the guest opening the closet door and having all manner of stuff dumped upon him/her. But the primary benefactor of such a practice will be me. I will then be more open and willing to learn and accept new ideas as they are presented to me from various sources. Furthermore, I will be presented with numerous opportunities for growth. Just as I discard old, dead cells of the epidermis, I can shed old, outdated ideas.
Perhaps, this practice is the way to the fountain of youth, for should I cease to grow, I am indeed old.
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