"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." - Alan Cohen
Well thank god, it has finally started to happen - I think...I stopped in for Hard Core tonight and stepped on the scale, even though I didn't want to look, I did and guess what!? (Well it's probably not much of a surprise by this point), but yes! I was down 4 pounds from my horrendous weigh-in on Monday. This means I only have four more to go until I am where I started. Hooray for the small victories!
I had an interesting talk with an old friend of mine the other day. I don't fancy myself much of a Face Booker, but I do find that I am using it a lot more often. And for the record, when I say old friend, it likely refers to someone that I met after I left highschool (new readers, go back a few weeks where I share my highschool experience). In any case, this person I spoke to had such very different memories of our past together than I did - which really got me thinking about perception and how we manage our past memories.
I have come to the conclusion that I deal with memories pretty much the way I deal with my house. Keep the things I like, get rid of the things that no longer interest me, are broken, or hold no sentimental value. Why I find this so profound, is that I discovered that even though I spend a lot of time looking forward and valuing change, a lot of the reason for my change is fuelled by the memories that I don't really want to keep. Running away? Perhaps, but is it so bad to want to distance yourself (change yourself) and release yourself from those painful or difficult moments in your past? What's wrong with cleaning your emotional closet once in a while?
For the record, Hard Core was bloody awesome! Ralph Macchio would be proud of my "Karate Kid Switch Kicks". Go Team One!
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