The Cup..

In these days of holiday season, partying and quiet reflection about the upcoming year, it is always wise to plan ahead. There are many methods about doing this, you can make a list to follow with things you want to improve or change, you can improvise while focusing on a goal -play it by ear kind of concept., but what I have found to be more effective is a mental picture a friend gave me recently.

Imagine that you have 2 cups, in one you fill all your have, your past, your belongings and responsibilities, everything that it's past goes in there. When you're done filling that cup, it goes to a locked drawer; no one can open it or see what's inside but you.

Then on top of the drawer you have an empty cup, exactly like the one in the drawer, but empty. This is your future, your dreams, your plans, your imagination, everything you expect to happen will come from there and is there, on top of the desk for everyone to see.

Sometimes we pretend to fill the cup which is on top of the desk and meant to be empty with things from the cup in the drawer, thinking this will help, but that is not often the case, that cup like the new year has to be filled with new things, which will make the ones in store, better.

I plan to keep that cup empty and fill the other one with new things which will become my experiences, because, what's past is past and can only do one thing and that is holding you back.

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