A wonderful piece, Rebecca.

Last week I came across an old notebook of mine from 1971, while cleaning out my office closet. It was from my first year of junior college and instead of lessons or notes from classes taken - it only contained old poems about love denied, the madness of the Vietnam War and the general sadness I had felt at that time.

Reading through those pages triggered a level of despair I hadn't felt in a while - and I didn't realize it after I put the book back where it was. But my wife did and eventually we talked and I spotted what had happened.

Performing RAKs is vital to our spiritual wellbeing - without a doubt. But I've come to realize that what we hold onto around us also impacts our lives. This notebook was a pocket of negativity from a person I no longer was, but it was still in my life. Removing these reminders is important to. So I tore it up and threw it away yesterday

Holding onto a watch your father gave you before he died that brings back fond memories should be cherished. Holding onto a watch broken in a fall during a low point in your life should be discarded consciously with a word of farewell - to everything that broken watched contained.

Thank you for this uplifting article and your inimitable way of putting a smile on my face.

Cheers my friend. 😊👍💚🦄